"Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way……" — Lord Chesterfield

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• The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. — Robert Burns
• I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not… — Jimmy Carter
• No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits… — Saint John Chrysostom
• It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors… — Leonardo da Vinci
• Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond,… — Lord Chesterfield
• Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to… — Joseph de Maistre
• I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous… — Corey Taylor
• What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger.… — Saint John Chrysostom
• The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to… — Abraham Lincoln
• A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected… — George Washington
• Twisting and wiring and stringing starching and curling, delicately painting spots and shadings on scraps of silk until what had… — Melanie McGrath
• If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands… — Dante Alighieri

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