Handsome Quotes - Page 4

• It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Rich Or Poor, Ugly, Reign

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.

  Bai Ling

  Beauty, Wise, Crazy

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• My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Girl, Love You, Wife

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• The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

  Maurice Saatchi

  Children, Intelligent, Thinking

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• You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. "Even the handsome ones." "One will do," said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Fall, Sight

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• A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

  Saadi

  Beauty, Jewels, Good Woman

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• The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Fate, Talent, Ends

  Geoffrey Chaucer (1966). “The Canterbury Tales”

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• The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Women, Common, Forget

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• In fairytales, when the mask came off, the handsome prince still loved the girl, no matter what -and that alone would turn her into a princess.

  Jodi Picoult

  Love, Girl, Princess

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• I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my "spaceship" and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.

  Warren Mitchell

  Beauty, Choices, Healthy

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• Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachmas; and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may have this story to tell of me, and may concern themselves no further with me.

  Plutarch

  Dog, Cutting, Tails

  Plutarch (1871). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.211

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• Handsome, thin, sophisticated men often fall madly in love with larger women, we just never see it on TV.

  Camryn Manheim

  Beauty, Fall, Men

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• I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy.

  Gary Cooper

  Beauty, Horse, Mean

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• It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy.

  Terence Stamp

  Movie, Beauty, Thinking

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• No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Beauty, Men, World

  Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Clever, Book, Goats

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.224, Macmillan

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• When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke.

  Helen Hunt

  Beauty, Good As It Gets, Firsts

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• When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Beauty, Beautiful, Fashion

  Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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• She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

  J. B. Priestley

  Beauty, Years, 50th Birthday

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• She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

  Jane Austen

  Pride, Men, Giving

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.9

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• The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

  Joyce Maynard

  Beautiful, Art, Fall

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• All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Beauty, Long, Phrases

  Samuel Beckett (2007). “Molloy”, p.32, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country.

  Rick Yune

  Beauty, Girl, Country

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror.

  Robert Stack

  Beauty, Successful, Mirrors

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• I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Beauty, Men, Competition

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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