Quotes by Countenance The hand will often reveal more than the countenance. Anna Katharine Green countenancehands Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit. Ben Jonson countenancewitclothes Study nature as the countenance of God. Charles Kingsley countenancestudy I trow that countenance cannot lie,Whose thoughts are legible in the eie. Edmund Spenser countenancelying There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman. George Henry Borrow countenanceenglishmenbetray A good countenance is a letter of recommendation. Henry Fielding recommendationscountenanceletters People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances. Jeremy Collier countenanceopinionpeople Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me. John Keats alertnesscountenanceambition Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors. John Lyly countenancecolorneeds It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself. Marcus Aurelius countenancecommandmind A pleasing countenance is no light advantage. Ovid countenanceadvantagelight A pleasing countenance is no slight disadvantage. Ovid countenancedisadvantagesbeauty Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss. Publilius Syrus countenancekissinghatred An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance! Richard Brinsley Sheridan countenanceeyeclever There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer. Samuel Taylor Coleridge countenanceprophecyfaces A troubled countenance oft discloses much. Seneca the Younger countenance Dissembling profiteth nothing; a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few. Seneca the Younger forgedcountenancefalsehood A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance. Victor Hugo countenancesunshinewinter His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse. William Shakespeare countenancebiddinghorse The cheek William Shakespeare countenanceerrandstongue12»
