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«A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.»
Author: Henry Fielding (Novelist, Playwright) | Keywords: admitted, beau, beaux, cards, in short, laughs, looking glass, mistress, motions, observe, presence of mind, sigh, sighs, solemnly, The Shadow
«Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; / Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.»
Author: Lord Lyttelton (Statesman, Writer) | Keywords: beau, beaux, belle, belles, excel
«This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal.»
Author: Lord Byron | Keywords: adoration, beau, beaux, beau ideal, heighten, heightening, heightens
«The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of all limit; that (as flame bends to flame) strives to link itself to some other image of kindred beau»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | Keywords: beau, beaux, bends, contained, exquisite, impatient, impatient of, kindred, link, poetical
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