Ornaments Quotes - Page 3

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Another of the strange and evil tendencies of the present day is the decoration of the railroad station... There was never more flagrant nor impertinent folly than the smallest portion of ornament in anything connected with the railroads... Railroad architecture has or would have a dignity of its own if it were only left to its work.

Rhime being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter...the troublesom and modern bondage of Rimeing.

We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive and proud mind is cold and obscure in style. An affectionate and imaginative nature pours out luxuriantly, and blossoms all over with ornament.

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

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.

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.

We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.

A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or another.

Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.

Non -violence is infinitely superior to violence , forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness is the ornament.

Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.

Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.

Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

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.

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins.

...beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments.

Don't let your heart depend on things That ornament life in a fleeting way! He who possesses, let him learn to lose, He who is fortunate, let him learn pain.

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.