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countenance

«It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.»
«Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty»
«First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions or studied actions. A man's look is the work of years; it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more, by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily.»
«Iron sharpeneth iron; so man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.»
«But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.»
«God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us.»
Author: Bible | About: God | Keywords: countenance, merciful
«I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: countenance, stare
«Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.»
«God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars»
«It is a sin against hospitality, to open your doors and darken your countenance»
Author: Proverb | About: Sin | Keywords: countenance, darken, hospitality

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