Countenance Quotes

153 quotes by 122 authors

Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors. — John Lyly
I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my… — Giacomo Casanova
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Ere land and sea and the all-covering sky Were made, in the whole world the countenance Of nature was the same, all one, well named… — Ovid
It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power...… — Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
There is only one inborn erroneous notion that we exist in order to be happy So long as we persist in this inborn error the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The Eucharist had so powerful an attraction for the Blessed Virgin that she could not live away from It. She lived in It and by… — Peter Julian Eymard
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Anger, though concealed, is betrayed by the countenance. ?That anger is not warrantable which hath seen two suns. — Seneca the Younger
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. — Benjamin Franklin
A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. — William Shakespeare
For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! — Ovid
There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me. — John Keats
The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind… — Marcus Aurelius
I believe that fallen creatures perish, perish for ever, for only good can live, and good has not been theirs; but how durst men forge… — James Anthony Froude
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good,… — Robert Dodsley
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his… — Bill Vaughan

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