Homely Quotes

• A homely woman is one of the most comely of apes.

  Publilius Syrus

  Women, Apes

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• I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Eye, Rivers, Perfect

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.198, Macmillan

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• A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

  Minna Antrim

  Inspirational, Life, Women

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• Homely truth is unpalatable.

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Truth Is

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.485, Courier Corporation

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• Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

  William Shakespeare

  Home, Memorable, Youth

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 1, sc. 1, l. 2

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• There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.

  Hope Mirrlees

  Doe, Fairy, Angle

  Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.54, F+W Media, Inc.

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• Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.

  Kin Hubbard

  Appearance, Being Pretty, Penalties

  "Abe Martin's Primer: The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors". Book by Kin Hubbard, 1914.

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• Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

  Austin O'Malley

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Two

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• Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

  Martha Beck

  Dating, Society, Looking For Love

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• If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

  H. L. Mencken

  Girl, Memories, Kindness

  Smart Set, Dec. 1921

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• Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.

  Horace

  Kings, Bliss, Court

  Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.374, Delphi Classics

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• I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Clever, Prose And Poetry, Prose Poetry

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1835). “Specimens of the table talk of the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.84

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• Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty.

  Kin Hubbard

  Appearance, Being Pretty, Penalties

  "Abe Martin's Primer: The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors". Book by Kin Hubbard, 1914.

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• Poetry: the best words in the best order.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Writing, Vocabulary, Prose Poetry

  Table Talk 12 July 1827 (1835)

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• I 'd rather be handsome than homely; I 'd rather be youthful than old; If I can't have a bushel of silver I'll do with a barrel of gold.

  James Jeffrey Roche

  Gold, Handsome, Silver

  James Jeffrey Roche, “Contentment”

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• I was horny, but I was innocent 'cause I was a real-late bloomer and not particularly attractive. In fact, homely.

  Patti Smith

  Real, Horny, Causes

  Source: www.oceanstar.com

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• The practice of kindness is the daily, friendly, homely caring form of love. It is both humble-a schoolboy bringing his teacher a bouquet of dandelions-and exalted-a fireman giving his life to save someone else's. Kindness is love with hands and hearts and minds. It is both whimsical-causing our faces to crack into a smile-and deeply touching-causing our eyes to shimmer with tears. And its miraculous nature is such that the more acts of kindness we offer, the more of them we have to give, for acts of kindness are always drawn from the endless well of love.

  Dawna Markova

  Teacher, Kindness, Eye

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• Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Presidential, Sticks

  Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

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• I'm too homely for a prima donna and too ugly for a soubrette.

  Marie Dressler

  Ugly, Prima Donnas

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.

  Mary McCarthy

  Retreat, Language, Stammering

  Mary McCarthy (1985). “Occasional prose”, Harcourt

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• Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

  Roger Tory Peterson

  Sky, Bird, Garbage

  "In The Studio With Roger Tory Peterson; Reluctant Earthling" by Lisa W. Foderaro, www.nytimes.com. August 26, 1993.

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• My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Adventure, Simplicity, Scrapbooking

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.168, Courier Corporation

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• The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.

  Christopher Lasch

  Independent, Wish, Comfort

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• Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.

  Maya Angelou

  Mother, Country, People

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• Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days and fill our eyes with light.

  Samuel Longfellow

  Eye, Simple, Light

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