Comely Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

How often I admire the taste shown in the garden which, within the house, may be indifferent. Here is an art which is today probably… — William Rothenstein
For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not… — Plato
Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly. — John Lyly
A comely olde man as busie as a bee. — John Lyly
Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung… — Pat Conroy
Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of the church, and… — Joseph Hall
A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree. — John Bunyan
The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful… — Mark Twain
My only grudge against nature was that I could not turn my Lolita inside out and apply voracious lips to her young matrix, her unknown… — Vladimir Nabokov
When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we… — Jeffrey R. Holland
...for all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal... — Herman Melville
Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love — Soren Kierkegaard
It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God. — Jean Ingelow
Hence I pronounce this, that as old experience doth attain to something like prophetic strain, so all comely facility traces back to long pondering; intuitions… — Stephen MacKenna
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all… — Bible
Espousement made in Heaven commences right here on Earth.It is a promise to each other to guide and to bulwark.May your every day together be… — Apoorv Awasthi

Who Wrote These Comely Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 Comely Quotes as follows: