Lustre Quotes
41 quotes by 35 authors
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her…
— Akhenaton
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The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird…
— D. H. Lawrence
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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
— William Cowper
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The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a…
— Champfleury
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He is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way.
— Champfleury
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False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken…
— Samuel Johnson
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If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be…
— James Madison
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Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.
— Robert Herrick
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The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre.…
— Manmohan Acharya
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I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the…
— Anne Bronte
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A human life gains lustre and strength only when it is polished and tempered.
— Mas Oyama
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As in nature. and in the arts, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls as well as stones, their lustre. The more…
— Thomas Guthrie
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Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre.…
— James Forten
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All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the…
— George Washington
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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be…
— Benjamin Franklin
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A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are…
— Samuel Johnson
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Your children....are like diamonds...they may need polish.. and education of the right kind will impart this lustre.
— George Q. Cannon
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I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip But where my own…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Who Wrote These Lustre Quotes
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