Pastoral Resources

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

Remote villages and communities have lost their identity, and their peace and charm have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.