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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.


John Donne

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No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace,
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
JOHN DONNE No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."

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JOHN DONNE No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face; Young beauti...
DR. JOHN DONNE No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
HENRY FIELDING Never have I seen a more passionate, grittier team than this one this spring and summer,
BRAD MILLER If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you ha...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER I am happy to experience beauty of each season; spring time, summer, autumn and winter.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has no...
PETER OLIVER Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in p...
CORMAC MCCARTHY And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voic...
BIBLE I love the arrival of a new season — each one bringing with it its own emotion: spring is full of ...
GIOVANNA FLETCHER No one can tell me that beauty can't come from something ugly for I have seen a rainbow in a puddle ...
ANDONI GARCIA Annunciation

Salvation to all that will is nigh;
That All, which always is all every...
JOHN DONNE As to his Wife, John minds St. Paul, He's one/ That hath a Wife, and is as if he'd none.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is ...
CORMAC MCCARTHY This flower that first appeared as summer's guest Preserves her beauty 'mid autumnal leaves An...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Donne, I suppose, was such another / Who found no substitute for sense. / To seize and clutch and pe...
T.S. ELIOT There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACON There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
SIR FRANCIS BACON There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACON SR. The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for tre...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; pra...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS One swallow maketh not a summer. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
JOHN HEYWOOD I know I am but summer to your heart, And not the full four seasons of the year;
And you must ...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, the marshal's tr...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I have not that joy in the Holy Ghost, no settled, lasting joy; nor have I such a peace as excludes ...
JOHN WESLEY For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
JOHN DRYDEN No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
JEAN TOOMER We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distin...
DR. JOHN DONNE Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
BIBLE The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for tre...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for tre...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual momen...
MARIE LOUISE DE LA RAMEE Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint; the sweetest face and the tenderest embr...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES I know I am but summer to your heart,
And not the full four seasons of the year;
And you m...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hel...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Summer has no day,' she said. 'We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that ...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD As I looked and looked, the living face became visible in the dead, the young in the old. This is wh...
BERNHARD SCHLINK Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed
In one self place, for where we are is hell,
A...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd in one self place; but where we are is hell,
And wher...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day
ARISTOTLE Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us aw...
JOHN DONNE In thy face have I seen the eternal.
BARON CHRISTIAN KARL JOSIAS VON BUNSEN The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for tre...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet even her tyranny had such a grace, The women pardoned all, except her face.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual momen...
OUIDA As Stephen Sly and old John Naps of Greece, And Peter Turph and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more su...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's tr...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplo...
HENRY JAMES No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplo...
HENRY JAMES We have seen no traction for CPU-aggregation technology such as Virtual Iron's within our customer b...
BRIAN STEVENS O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath
Hath had no power yet ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. N...
JENNIFER DONNELLY Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals.
BILL DEDMAN Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell i...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE I yet beseech your majesty,--
If for I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose n...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his to...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Dip your fingers n the spring stream or lift your face to the summer rains. Listen for me in the win...
EVANGELINE DENMARK Only our love hath no decay;
This no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday,
Running it never runs...
JOHN DONNE But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, mu...
BIBLE The beauty of that June day was almost staggering. After the wet spring, everything that could turn ...
DAN SIMMONS All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing-- ...
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE This is the first time I have seen an entire state create task forces to reduce registration failure...
LAURA AHEARN The flowers anew, returning seasons bring! But beauty faded has no second spring.
AMBROSE PHILIPS The flowers anew, returning seasons bring, But faded beauty has no second spring
AMBROSE PHILLIPS The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring.
AMBROSE PHILIPS [T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, o...
WALLACE STEGNER it has been a difficult spring and summer.
GARY HALL There is no one left in the state that has beaten him in the discus. The discus is his event. I have...
MIKE ANTHONY This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that th...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure.
BIBLE Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
WILLIAM HAZLITT How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true; W.B. YEATS I saw John the happiest and most upbeat I have seen him in some time, as he could finally see light ...
DENNIS VAUGHN I have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end;/ Goddess and maiden and quee...
ALGERNON SWINBURNE I have lived long enough, having seen one thing, that love hath an end;/ Goddess and maiden and quee...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God...
J. C. RYLE Have hope. Though clouds environs now,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the shadow from ...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Smile on the face or innocence on the face is as attractive as beauty on the face.
AMIT KALANTRI We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name's become proverbial. S...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were - I have not seen
As others saw - I c...
EDGAR ALLAN POE When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man c...
ALBERT CAMUS For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In all my years of doing this, I've never seen as many sales at such high values as I have now.
ART CORY Heaven Hath no rage like a love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned
WILLIAM CONGREVE Pain too much to handle also comes with exquisite beauty, as common as dirt, as unexpected as grace.
SHANNON HUFFMAN POLSON Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in cou...
RAMAKRISHNA The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power T' assume a pleasing shap...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I feel an autumnal Saturday, no matter how beautiful, is wasted if it doesn't find me sitting in on ...
HOWARD ROBERTS Under your good correction, I have seen When, after execution, judgment hath Repented o'er his...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In the fall, I still ran cross country. In the winter you had indoor, in the spring you have track a...
A.J. ELLISON A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk’s bill, no...
PLUTARCH Yet nothing can to nothing fall,
Nor any place be empty quite;
Therefore I think my breast...
JOHN DONNE I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many ...
SAMANTHA SHANNON ...and so many colors
I will have seen...
the menacing greys
and pine greens
the...
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DR. JOHN DONNE He was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it; And what that word did make it,...
DR. JOHN DONNE We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distin...
DR. JOHN DONNE When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get s...
ELENA DELLE DONNE That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it'...
ELENA DELLE DONNE I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than fak...
ELENA DELLE DONNE Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.
ELENA DELLE DONNE I'm doing whatever I have to do to help my team win. So, instead of being focused on anything fr...
ELENA DELLE DONNE As I grew up, I became aware that there are people with special needs out there, and I have a real c...
ELENA DELLE DONNE It's expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don't even think about. Emo...
ELENA DELLE DONNE I could do whatever I wanted as a girl, whatever my brother did. I could play against the boys and a...
ELENA DELLE DONNE My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of so...
JOHN OLIVER Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is al...
JOHN BERGER No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the mai...
JOHN WYCLIFFE By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am...
JOHN ROBERTS Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, yo...
JOHN NOBLE Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s...
DAYMOND JOHN Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Th...
JOHN ELWAY This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war...
JOHN TYLER Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
JOHN LENNON Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
JOHN MORTIMER No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
JOHN JAY Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
JOHN LOCKE High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ...
JOHN MAYER