Top 204 Ornament Quotes & Sayings

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.

Imagination is the hood ornament on your car of creativity.

But the building's identity resided in the ornament.

There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals.

Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace.

So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

I think that the new models of Chevrolet should have Barney Frank as a hood ornament.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.

I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.

I am a pretty, useless ornament who always believed she'd have a man to take care of her.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Manners are the ornament of action.

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.

I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous sea.

In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!

Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.

They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.

Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens.

So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.

MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to the game.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.

Sustainability has become an ornament.

Silence is an ornament for women.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament.

The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.

Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.

A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or another.

Rich people don't have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially. I am not surprised many of them understand literature only as an ornament. Life is an ornament to them, relationships are ornaments, their “work” is but a flimsy, pretty ornament meant to momentarily thrill and capture attention. Why didn't I reread my F. Scott Fitzgerald sooner? I might have saved myself some time.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

The 'leisured' wife was a badge of achievement, the ornament to hard work and virtue for families on the way up.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.

The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins.