"Isn't that the problem? That women have been……" — Unknown Author

"Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?... All the cosmetics names seemed obscenely obvious to me in their promises of sexual bliss. They were all firming or uplifting or invigorating. They made you tingle. Or glow. Or feel young. They were prepared with hormonesor placentas or royal jelly. Allthe juice and joy missing in the lives of these women wereto be supplied by the contentsof jars and bottles. No wonder they would spend twenty dollars for an ounce of face makeup or thirty for ahalf-ounce of hormone cream. What price bliss? Whatprice sexual ecstasy?"

— Unknown Author

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Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all… — Tertullian
Valor is the soldier's adornment. — Livy
Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. — Coco Chanel
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them.… — Immanuel Kant
Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were)… — Erica Jong
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to… — Jean de la Bruyere
A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much. — Lloyd Alexander
Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the… — Paul Fussell
Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. — Albrecht Durer
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with… — Isaac Barrow
The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes… — David LaChapelle
The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment. — Sarah Hall

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