Ornament Quotes

117 quotes by 92 authors

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. — Joseph Addison
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. — Edmund Burke
Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate… — Amos Bronson Alcott
I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I… — Nicolas Cage
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and… — Vita Sackville-West
There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals. — John Ruskin
At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be… — John Donne
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain. — Thomas Otway
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every… — Henry David Thoreau
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The hair is the richest ornament of women. — Martin Luther
But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered… — Francis Bacon
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church… — Igor Stravinsky
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament… — Roland Barthes
The modern university does not exist to teach alone...It exists also to serve the democracy of which it is a product and an ornament...The university… — Nicholas Murray Butler
I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security. — Samuel Adams
I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it! — Hoda Kotb
Imagination is the hood ornament on your car of creativity. — Gary Busey

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