Brow Quotes

178 Brow quotes by 148 unique authors

Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures… — Washington Irving
I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a… — Epictetus
My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as… — Josephine Baker
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business;… — Charlotte Bronte
"The word which God has written on the brow of every person," wrote Victor Hugo, "is Hope." As long as we have hope no situation… — Wilferd Peterson
What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of… — William Morris Hunt
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also… — Ken Follett
When book and reader's furrowed brow meet, it isn't always the book that's stupid. — William H. Gass
The newsprint thesp celebrity interview as a middle-brow art form suffers from desperate overproduction. There'll be at least 10 in the broadsheets today and every… — Peter York
What we have earned by the sweat of our brow, we defend with pride. What we have gained by the accident of birth, we guard… — Robert Breault
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other. — Josh Billings
The work of a master reeks not of the sweat of the brow - suggests no effort - and is finished from its beginning. — James Whistler
A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed… — Christian Nestell Bovee
If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno… — Pietro Metastasio
Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow… — William Shakespeare
Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes… — William Cowper
To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of Kindred tones.… — Vincent Van Gogh
Then grew a wrinkle on fair Venus' brow, The amber sweet of love is turn'd to gall! Gloomy was Heaven; bright Phoebus did avow He… — Robert Greene
The moon is looking down into the canyon, and how marvelously the great rocks kindle to her light! Every dome, and brow, and swelling boss… — John Muir

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