Lustre Quotes

41 quotes by 35 authors

But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of… — Thomas Browne
Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility. — William Penn
By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you… — Jonathan Raban
We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us. — Samuel L. Jackson
A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish. — Jim Broadbent
But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we… — William Cowper
The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a… — William Cowper
What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for Beauty to… — Matthew Arnold
The day becomes more solemn and serene When noon is past; there is a harmony In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect. — William Hazlitt
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress. — Henry Fielding
I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge, or lustre,… — H P Lovecraft
It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. — Anne Rice
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
And then he drew a dial from his poke, And looking with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see',… — William Shakespeare
It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if… — Anne Rice
The works which this man [Joseph Banks] leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and… — Georges Cuvier
India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age. — Nita Ambani
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. — Herodotus
Silence and prayers lends lustre to your face. — Kishore Bansal

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