Refinement Quotes

145 quotes by 127 authors

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of… — Bryant H. McGill
I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never… — Helen Mirren
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of… — David Rockefeller
God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because… — Charles Stanley
The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement. — Andre Leon Talley
The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of… — Ellen G. White
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book â€“ and that he did not learn it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men towering high above such political pygmies, men of refinement, of culture, of ability, are jeered into silence as mollycoddles. It is absurd to claim… — Emma Goldman
Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that… — Muriel Barbery
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… — William Ellery Channing
In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling grandeur of Fragonard's… — Anne Rice
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call… — Jane Austen
Past persons of Scottishness in contact with mastermind of supernatural persuasion in London, aka Agent Doom.â€™ Floote moved on to the third bit of paper.… — Gail Carriger
We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a… — Yukio Mishima
Even in a personal sense, after all, art is an intensified life. By art one is more deeply satisfied and more rapidly used up. It… — Thomas Mann

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