Florid Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also… — Rupert Everett
Thinking is the subtlest form of self-polemics, the art of a certain finesse in psychological self-vivisection and self-crucifixion (Hegel of course called the path of… — Kenny Smith
Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is rejected… — David Hume
I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because… — Barry Hannah
A preacher must have some intelligence to charm the people by his florid style, by his exhilarating system of morality, by the repetition of his… — Jean de la Bruyere
Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a… — Anne Hathaway
I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on… — James Boswell
Each memory is like a paper flower stowed up a magician's sleeve: invisible one moment and then so substantial and florid the next I cannot… — Jodi Picoult
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of… — Kevin Patterson
I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it… — Philip Slater
Now rather thank I God there is no risk Of gravers scoring it with florid screed. Let my inscription be this soldier's disc. Wear it,… — Wilfred Owen

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