#charms

There are charms made only for distant admiration. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#charms #distant #made #only

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#considered #first #had #hip #his

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#devoid #make #mornings #terrifying #up

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#charms #i #ignorant #into #introducing

And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee. ↗

— John Clare

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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write. ↗

— Hannah Cowley

#charms #could #immortal #inspired #more

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#believe #charms #contemplating #faults #flatter

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. ↗

— Thomas Gray

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I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music. ↗

— Patti Page

#am #any #charms #could #elvis

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#direct #direct proportion #generally #her #passing