Charms Quotes

187 Charms quotes by 156 unique authors

The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there. — Edouard Manet
A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be… — Ulysses S. Grant
Some poems present themselves as cliffs that need to be climbed. Others are so defensive that when you approach their enclosure you half expect to… — Stanley Kunitz
Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a… — Elwyn Brooks White
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;… — Charles Caleb Colton
Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade. — David Baddiel
I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on the sidewalks, with… — Andrew Sullivan
After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms. — Giacomo Casanova
When I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll eat Lucky Charms cereal. I like having sugar when I'm in that mood. — Courtney Thorne Smith
Friendship warms like a sunbeam; charms like a good story; inspires like a brave leader; binds like a golden chain; guides like a heavenly vision.... — Newell Dwight Hillis
With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms. — Charles Darwin
The future will be gorgeous and reckless, and words, those luminous charms, will set us free again. — Carole Maso
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness;… — Pope Gregory I
The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece. — James Theodore Bent
Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand. — William Makepeace Thackeray
She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has… — Alexander Pope
In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd… — John Milton
Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, all melodies… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The world is not likely to tire of an amusement which never repeats itself, of a game which today presents features as novel and charms… — Willard Fiske
Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born,… — John Clare

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