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Ornaments Quotes - Page 5

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered.

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered.

Francis Bacon
Inspirational, Wise, Ornaments

The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our awe and our loyalty.

Dennis Lehane
Loyalty, Thinking, Ornaments

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.

Charles Caleb Colton
Women, Ornaments, Want
Charles Caleb Colton (1821). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.139

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Jewels, Ornaments, Use
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.7963, Delphi Classics

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

Annabelle Selldorf
New York, Ornaments, Building

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