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There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough
There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm read more
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
Can it be
That modesty may more betray our sense
Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,
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Can it be
That modesty may more betray our sense
Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,
Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary
And pitch our evils there?
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.