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Even little things have their peculiar grace. [Lat., Inest sua gratia parvis.] - Proverb The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness. - Sir Walter Raleigh (1) Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller As prodigal of all dear grace as Nature was in making graces dear. - William Shakespeare For several virtues Have I lik'd several women; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, And put it to the foil. - William Shakespeare Know you not, master, to some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies? No more do yours; your virtues, gentle master, are sanctified and holy traitors to you. Oh, what a world is this, when what is comely envenoms him that bears it! - William Shakespeare Natural graces, that extinguish art. - William Shakespeare Oh, mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plants, herbs, stones and their qualities! - William Shakespeare That word "grace" in. an ungracious mouth is but profane. - William Shakespeare Till all grace be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. - William Shakespeare To some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemies. - William Shakespeare When once our grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right. - William Shakespeare O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell! - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia at I, i) Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan! - William Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost (Berowne at IV, iii) Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand, Enwheel thee round! - William Shakespeare, Othello the Moor of Venice (Cassio at II, i) Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues Have I liked several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil. - William Shakespeare, The Tempest (Ferdinand at III, i) He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (Andrew at II, iii) The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity. - Horace Smith and James Smith, Punch's Holiday With countenance demure, and modest grace. - Edmund Spenser The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait. - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord Every degree of recession from the state of grace Christ first put us in is a recession from our hopes. - Jeremy Taylor In effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either. - William Makepeace Thackeray Grace is in a great measure a natural gift; elegance implies cultivation; or something of more artificial character. A rustic, uneducated girl may be graceful, but an elegant woman must be accomplished and well trained. It is the same with things as with persons; we talk of a graceful tree, but of an elegant house or other building. Animals may be graceful, but they cannot be elegant. The movements of a kitten or a young fawn are full of grace; but to call them "elegant" animals would be absurd. - Archbishop Richard Whately Displaying page 3 of 4 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4
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