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Appearance: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought. That one might almost say her body thought.— DONNE — Funeral Elegies. Of the

Progress of the Soul. By occasion of Religious Death of Mistress Elizabeth Drury. Gloomy as night he stands.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. XI. L. 744.

Pope's trans. He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.— MACAULAY — On Moore's Life of Lord

Byron, 1831. A sweet attractive kinde of grace, A full assurance given by lookes, Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell bookes. q. MATTHEW ROYDEN. Lament for Astrophel (Sir Philip Sidney). Looked as if she had walked straight out of the Ark.— SYDNEY SMITH — Memoir. Vol. I. Ch. 7.

She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation.

S. Dialogue I. A man of sense can artifice disdain, As men of wealth may venture to go plain. * * * * * * I find the fool when I behold the screen, For 'tis the wise man's interest to be seen.— YOUNG — Love of Fame. Satire II. L. 193.

Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger des gens sur la mine. Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.— LA FONTAINE — Fables. VI. 5.

Même quand l'oiseau marche on sent qu'il a des ailes. Even when the bird walks one feels that it has wings.— LEMIERRE — Fastes. Chant. I.

Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt. Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image.— GOETHE — Die Wahlverwandtschaften.

II. 5. Aus Ottiliens Tagebuche.