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Smiles: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

But owned that smile, if oft observed and near, Waned in its mirth, and wither'd to a sneer.— BYRON — Lara. Canto I. St. 17.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.— HARTLEY COLERIDGE — She is not Fair.

In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.— DICKENS — Christmas Carol. Stave 2.

The smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Memnon sing: O see where wide the golden sunlight flows- The barren desert blossoms as the rose!— R. W. GILDER — The Smile of Her I

Love. Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? Three angels gave me at once a kiss.— GEORGE MACDONALD — Baby. St. 7.

A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VIII. L. 618.

For smiles from reason flow To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. IX. L. 239.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.— POPE — Prologue to Satires. L. 315.