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* Give me a look, give me a face,<br>That makes simplicity a grace:<br>Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;<br>Such sweet neglect more taketh me<br>Than all the adulteries of art;<br>They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. |
* Give me a look, give me a face,<br>That makes simplicity a grace:<br>Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;<br>Such sweet neglect more taketh me<br>Than all the adulteries of art;<br>They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. |
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** [[Ben Jonson]], ''The Silent Woman'', Act I, scene 1. |
** [[Ben Jonson]], ''The Silent Woman'', Act I, scene 1. |
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* His noble negligences teach<br>What others' toils despair to reach. |
* His noble negligences teach<br>What others' toils despair to reach. |
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** [[Matthew Prior]], ''Alma'', Canto II, line 7. |
** [[Matthew Prior]], ''Alma'', Canto II, line 7. |
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Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 552.
- A wise and salutary neglect.
- Edmund Burke, Speech on the Conciliation of America, Volume II, p. 117.
- Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace:
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art;
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.- Ben Jonson, The Silent Woman, Act I, scene 1.
- His noble negligences teach
What others' toils despair to reach.- Matthew Prior, Alma, Canto II, line 7.