Quotes about ornaments
society might ornaments
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. Charles Lamb
excellence ornaments moral
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. Chanakya
christmas tree ornaments
Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family. Charles M. Schulz
sea ornaments dangerous
Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea. William Shakespeare
sweet giving ornaments
How much more doth beauty beauteous seem by that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
ornaments chastity chaste
Of chastity, the ornaments are chaste.
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity. Charles Caleb Colton
artist ornaments unthinkable
... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable. Elizabeth Bowen
honesty mind ornaments
A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain of honesty and native worth is of more value than all the adventitious ornaments, estates, or preferments; for the sake of which some of the better sort so oft turn knaves.
order society ornaments
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. Edmund Burke
understanding ornaments kitsch
In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique. Charles Jencks
jewels use ornaments
A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament. Arthur Conan Doyle
education ornaments unfortunate
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. Democritus
struggle years ornaments
I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament. Adolf Loos
world may ornaments
So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.
believe ornaments aesthetics
I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power. Andrew Solomon
new-york ornaments building
One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings. Annabelle Selldorf
heart humility ornaments
Humility is an ornament which attracts Krishna's heart. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility. Radhanath Swami
home ornaments
The ornaments of our homes are the friends that visit it Ralph Waldo Emerson
thinking should-have ornaments
I think that the new models of Chevrolet should have Barney Frank as a hood ornament. Sean Hannity
perception world ornaments
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
ornaments sustainability
Sustainability has become an ornament. Rem Koolhaas
greatness soul ornaments
Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility. Aristotle
ornaments shame young
Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
philosophical age ornaments
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
silence ornaments silence-is
Silence is an ornament for women. Sophocles
silence ornaments silence-is
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
honesty ornaments needs
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain. Thomas Otway
thinking ornaments helping
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
country ornaments acquisition
A country whose buildings are of wood, can never increase in its improvements to any considerable degree.... Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to its value as well as to its ornament. Thomas Jefferson
adoption ornaments noble
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 adoption of a noble sentiment, or the insertion of a borrowed ornament, may sometimes display so much judgment as will almost compensate for invention; and an inferior genius may, without any imputation of servility, pursue the paths of the ancients, provided he declines to tread in their footsteps. Samuel Johnson
long tree ornaments
Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago Tom Baker
father son ornaments
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?