Gustave Eiffel Quotes

Gay as a daffodil.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Womanly appearance requires neither a pretty nor a perfect face or form.

Women in Cape Verde are very strong, and we have a fighting spirit.

The earth seemed unearthly.

Oumou Sangare embodies this alluring dichotomy like no one else. She’s the epitome of tough femininity; beautiful, elegant, determined, independent, talented…and, well, hard

I encouraged the leadership in its time of weakness. Now that they are strong, I'm allowed not to applaud. If a Palestinian state is established, I will be in the opposition. That's my natural place.

One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome.

Things That Lose by Being Painted
Pinks, cherry blossoms, yellow roses. Men or women who are praised in romances as being beautiful.Things That Gain by Being Painted
Pines. Autumn fields. Mountain villages and paths. Cranes and deer. A very cold winter scene; an unspeakably hot summer scene. (p. 138)

Mono no aware.

Tsuki mo mite
ware wa kono yo o
kashiku kana.

During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to be, To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real.

If you are in love with a thing, you will forget its ugliness," said Yün.

Yün, I think, is one of the loveliest women in Chinese literature. She is not the most beautiful, for the author, her husband, does not make that claim, and yet who can deny that she is the loveliest?

Russians go away, Russian soldiers have to go away from our home country - and after that we are ready to discuss.