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«A best seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent»
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith (Writer) | About: Books, Talent | Keywords: best seller, gild, gilded, gilding, gilds, mediocre, seller, Sellers, tomb, Tomb of
«In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain»
Author: Phaedrus | Keywords: block, gild, gilded, gilding, gilds, splendid
«A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a 'No,' sweetens truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: adds, gild, gilding, gilds, spoils, supplies, sweetens
«A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau (Essayist, Philosopher, Poet) | Keywords: gild
«But Shakespeare also says, 'tis very silly / `To gild refin?d gold, or paint the lily'.»
Author: Lord Byron | Keywords: gild, gilding, gilds, lily
«Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp,To guard a title that was rich before,To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To throw a perfume on the violet,To smooth the ice, or add another hueUnto the rainbow, or with taper lightTo seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: gild, hue, lily, perfume, pomp, possessed, refined, smooth, taper, tapers, The Rainbow, title
«In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and oft, tis seen the wicked prize itself buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies in his true nature; And we ourselves»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Nature | Keywords: Above the Law, buys, corrupted, currents, gild, gilded, offence, shuffled, shuffles, shuffling, the Action
«Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Sin | Keywords: adultery, gild, gilded, gilding, gilds, lecher, wren, wrens
«Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: gild, gilded, gilding, gilds, monuments, outlive, princes, rhyme
«For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: gild, gilding, gilds, happiest
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