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Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as… — William Wordsworth
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
The feel of the place was deep, the prehistoric heartbeat of the rocks complicating the music, the people bright, all different kinds of dancers, smilers,… — Unknown Author
These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. — Chanakya
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind. — Elizabeth Aston
My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To Forget Venice is a tour de force of ventriloquism. Elegant, contemporary, and wry, the voice at its center is also capable of disarming flights of… — Chase Twichell
The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement… — George Washington
As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The… — Samuel Johnson
An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament,… — Zhuangzi
There were details like clothing, hair styles and the fragile objects that hardly ever survive for the archaeologist-musical instruments, bows and arrows, and body ornaments… — Mary Leakey
Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. — Oliver Goldsmith
A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or another. — Neil Postman
An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory. — Oscar Wilde
The ornaments of our homes are the friends that visit it — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I read the poems… — Jack Gilbert
The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins. — Pope Francis
We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse. — Anzia Yezierska
On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
A collection of bad love songs, tattered from overuse, has to touch us like a cemetery or a village. So what if the houses have… — Marcel Proust
We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Thus,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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