Brilliancy Quotes

35 quotes by 29 authors

In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage… — Theodore Roosevelt
He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever he took up… — Virginia Woolf
When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the oceanâ€™s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember… — Herman Melville
I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and… — Anais Nin
Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars, points of light and reason. ...And then you shot… — Stephenie Meyer
I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and, in fact, there… — Edgar Allan Poe
I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms… — Jean-Georges Noverre
From its brilliancy everything is illuminated. — Guru Nanak
Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their… — Walter Pater
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the… — James Nasmyth
Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhaps with some justice, frivolous and unprofitable. — Red Auerbach

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