There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Quote by Arthur Helps

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Cosmetics Quotes

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and...

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and...

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...