Charms

Famous quotes containing the word charms:

    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 (1810–1865)

    Ladies, like variegated tulips, show,
    ‘Tis to their changes that their charms we owe;
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    If the heart of a man is deprest with cares,
    The mist is dispell’d when a woman appears;
    Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly
    Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.
    John Gay (1685–1732)