Adornment Quotes
30 quotes by 27 authors
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Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment of the universe,…
— Tertullian
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Valor is the soldier's adornment.
— Livy
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Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.
— Coco Chanel
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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some…
— Immanuel Kant
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Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?
— Erica Jong
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Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
— Lloyd Alexander
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Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and…
— Paul Fussell
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Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
— Albrecht Durer
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It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals,…
— Isaac Barrow
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The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic.
— David LaChapelle
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The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment.
— Sarah Hall
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It's a toss-up whether the scenery or the adornment of Marilyn Monroe is the feature of greater attraction in River of No Return. The mountainous…
— Bosley Crowther
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The adornment of the body is a human need.
— David LaChapelle
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Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your…
— James E. Faust
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For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The "religion of pity" to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and women who need…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him, you desire to…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals.
— Liberace
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The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while…
— Amelia Bloomer
Who Wrote These Adornment Quotes
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