Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of Nature


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ALEXANDER HERZEN
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WILLIAM CONGREVE
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GERMANY KENT
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD
The beauty of a woman may be the root of all evil. but the beauty is a only seen, your eyes wants to...
ARVIND YADAV
Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA
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Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
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JOSEPH CONRAD
Brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I wil...
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Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I wil...
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A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
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AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR
To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
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"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
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To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
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PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE
I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.
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That’s not fair!

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JOHN M SHEEHAN
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FLORENCE KING
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May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to ...
UNKNOWN
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LIANE MORIARTY
If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us...
ANTHONY LICCIONE
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C. JOYBELL C.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
LORD CHESTERFIELD
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person
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KATHLEEN TURNER
I don't think it's very realistic to not talk. When you're really at a birth, and you can see a woma...
MALLORY MENSAH
O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own ...
JOHN M SHEEHAN
The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.
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The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the p...
AUDREY HEPBURN
A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit
With the same spirit that its author writ;
Su...
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Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and w...
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A woman, desires to hear nice words from a man who can praise her beauty.
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Forget the beauty, comfort, love and enjoyment. You must to be enough tough on yourself to be strong...
M.F. MOONZAJER
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sou...
DAVID MITCHELL
I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable ...
GREGORY MAGUIRE
The mermaid is an archetypal image that represents a woman who is at ease in the great waters of lif...
ANITA JOHNSTON
37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON
To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature.
CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTéS
To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.
HERBERT A. OTTO
Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER
Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living cre...
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living...
UNKNOWN
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It is better to talk to a woman and think of God than talk to God and think of a woman.
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As a human, we must try our best not to use 'F' words, especially FEAR.
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In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around.
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With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.
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Life, love, and laughter - what priceless gifts to give our children
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The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.
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Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action.
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The gift of writing; natural flow of thoughts from the deepest heart.
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Last words of wisdom. Whoever you were as a child, she's your future.
CHERISE WOLAS
If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best.
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If you are unable to laugh, then look for a clown or comedian
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C. JOYBELL C.
The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD
It is human nature never to have enough, so use this for motivation to be more loving, more kind, an...
JIM GENOVESE
I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ...
NEIL GAIMAN
Outward beauty is the frame for the masterpiece of your soul.
SHANNON L. ALDER
Nature is amazing wonder.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.
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