Quotes About Elegance

You will find the signs of good taste all around you; luxury is her constant companion, replaced as necessary

Manner is everything," an elegant translation of that judicial axiom: "Form over content.

Great ladies, my child, are great just because they can do their duty on every occasion, and do it nobly." "But what is it about?" asked Clotilde as white as a lily. "Matters too serious to be discussed with you, my dearest," the Duchess replied. "For if they are untrue, your mind would be unnecessarily sullied; and if they are true, you must never know them.

L'humilité de la courtisane amoureuse comporte des magnificences qui en remontrent aux anges.

The cold Camellia only, stiff and white, Rose without perfume, lily without grace, When chilling winter shows his icy face, Blooms for a world that vainly seeks delight.

Tous vos défauts, vos terreurs, vos petitesses ajoutent je ne sais quelle grâce á votre âme.

What hopes must it raise in a young creature who, in the midst of sordid elements, had pined for a life of elegance! A sunbeam had fallen into the prison. Augustine was suddenly in love.

I see no room in this city for the gentle ways of love, for precious walks in shady alleys, the full moon sparkling on the water, while the suppliant pleads in vain. Rich, young, and beautiful, I have only to love, and love would become my sole occupation, my life; yet in the three months during which I have come and gone, eager and curious, nothing has appealed to me in the bright, covetous, keen eyes around me. No voice has thrilled me, no glance has made the world seem brighter.

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.

Simplicity and charm.

O fount Bandusian, more sparkling than glass.

It is charming to totter into vogue.

Tenía, bajo el cabello muy oscuro, un rostro de suprema blancura, de ese blanco mate y raso que es patrimonio exclusivo de los cutis muy finos. Ojos azules, largos, perdiéndose hacia las sienes en el cerco de sus negras pestañas. Acaso un poco separados, lo que da, bajo una frente tersa, aire de mucha nobleza o de gran terquedad. Pero sus ojos, así, llenaban aquel semblante en flor con la luz de su belleza.

Abusaba de la morfina, por angustiosa necesidad y por elegancia. Tenía treinta y siete años; era alta, con labios muy gruesos y encendidos, que humedecía sin cesar.

We'll always have Paris.

She moved as lightly as a mote of dust gamboling in a sunbeam passing through the stained glass window of a French Gothic cathedral. Her breasts stood up proudly like twin tin soldiers. Looking at her made him feel an uncontrollable urge to vomit forth his innermost feelings, straight at her.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

He seeks life where it is to be found: in all that is most delicate, in the folds of things.

A woman should be an illusion.

Bond. James Bond.

Mine's Bond – James Bond.

Presencia y Ausencia Cierta persona puede tener, como dices, una maravillosa presencia; no lo sé. Lo que sí sé es que tiene una ausencia perfectamente encantadora

Las ramas sin fruto pueden parecer poco elegantes. Son, para el cocinero, los medios para hacer su fuego.

Stay Classy!