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«I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.»
«I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.»
Author: Edgar Quinet
(Historian, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
display, fatuity, infinity, mistrust
«I think that's a very kinky issue with the panties and bras. That's the thing that they will display: shoes, panties and bras.»
«Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.»
«Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty»
Author: Nathaniel Emmons
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Talent
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acknowledge, admire, attainments, clearly, cover, display, modesty, talents, veil, with modesty
«Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.»
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Writer)
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awe-inspiring, awe, curious, display, inhibition, inhibitions, insane, inspiring, races, simple People
«I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt.»
Author: Joseph Conrad
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coldness, disgust, display, humiliated, humiliating, missed, restraint, shaft, shafting, shafts, temperamental, The Mark of, unavoidably, unduly
«Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.»
Author: Marcel Proust
(Author, Novelist)
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affectionate, affirm, display, extraordinarily, In the Garden, occupations, perversities, perversity, suave, supple
«Let's display our determination that was lacking in Buenos Aires.»
«Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.»
Author: Sydney Smith
(Clergyman, Essayist, Wit)
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Manners
| Keywords:
display, Shadows of, The Shadows
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