Finery Quotes

21 quotes by 19 authors

He has known joy and violence. Felt the warmth of children and the cruelty of abuse. He has nearly died saving lives and merely been… — Anna Sewell
The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack,… — Kevin Hart
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. — Oliver Goldsmith
Beauty itself soon fades, and when a woman has beauty and nothing else, well, it's like putting all the goods in the shop window, isn't… — Henry Arthur Jones
The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine of their life,… — Jamake Highwater
As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all… — Karl Philipp Moritz
Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at… — Rabindranath Tagore
Let's just call things what they are. When a man's love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding… — Matthew Scully
One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery. — Grant Morrison
As a child I often wondered whether I would be allowed to live such moments- to inhabit the slow, majestic ballet of the snowflakes, to… — Muriel Barbery
She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been… — Deanna Raybourn
I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery.… — Marguerite Duras
Meet me in the courtyard in half an hour, then,â€ said Will. â€œIâ€™ll wake Cyril. And be prepared to swoon at my finery. — Cassandra Clare
I get no sense from his note at all,â€ said Will, bounding to his feet, â€œexcept that he can quote Tennysonâ€™s lesser poetry. Sophie, how… — Cassandra Clare
Raisa felt relieved, yet oddly disappointed. She was the blooded princess heir, yet in servants' clothes she was apparently unrecognizable. In the stories, rulers had… — Cinda Williams Chima
He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed through the doors… — Libba Bray
How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today? — Elizabeth Gaskell
Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible. — Russell Smith
They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her… — Oliver Goldsmith
Money will buy u bed but not sleep, books but not brain, food but not appetite, finery but not beauty,a house but not a home,… — Sweetner

Who Wrote These Finery Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 21 Finery Quotes as follows: