“ Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination — everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. ”
- John Adams- Copy
“ Light seeking light doth light of light beguile:So, ere you find where light in darkness lies,Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
“ None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
“ I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. ”
- Roy Croft- Copy
“ Charisma is not just saying hello. It's dropping what you're doing to say hello. ”
- Robert Brault- Copy
“ Come, and take choice of all my library,And so beguile thy sorrow. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance. ”
- Thomas Beecham- Copy
“ I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am, by seeming otherwise. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ Yon nightingale, whose strain so sweetly flows, Mourning her ravish'd young or much-loved mate, A soothing charm o'er all the valleys throws And skies, with notes well tuned to her and state. ”
- Francesco Petrarch- Copy
“ For I / Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, / Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. ”
- John Donne- Copy
“ How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends! ”
- George Eliot- Copy
“ One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us. ”
- Gustave Flaubert- Copy
“ The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it. ”
- John Ciardi- Copy
“ Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. ”
- John F. Kennedy- Copy
“ Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. ”
- Ronald Reagan- Copy
“ All kinds of beauty don't inspire love; there is a kind that pleases only the sight, but does not captivate the affections. ”
- Miguel de Cervantes- Copy
“ By contrast, wisdom captivates people's hearts and has the power to open a new age. ”
- Herbie Hancock- Copy
“ There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ”
- Henry Van Dyke- Copy
“ The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing. ”
- Marcel Proust- Copy
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