Hidden fields
Books Books
" She's beautiful and therefore to be wooed ; She is a woman, therefore to be won." ist Henry VI. act v. sc. 3. " A BEAUTIFUL woman," remarked Napo/~\. Icon, " pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart ; one is a jewel, the other a treasure. "
54-40 Or Fight - Page 378
by Emerson Hough - 1909 - 402 pages
Full view - About this book

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness

1880 - 270 pages
...seen in all your travels ? " " Follies ! " Voltaire. Who elevates himself isolates himself. Riverol. A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases...one is a jewel, the other a treasure. Napoleon I. Memory records services with a pencil, injuries with a graver. De Segur. Reason is the torch of friendship,...
Full view - About this book

Woman in Epigram: Flashes of Wit, Wisdom, and Satire from the World's Literature

Frederick William Morton - 1894 - 224 pages
...MARTIN. IF men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. ALPHONSE KARR. A BEAUTIFUL woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases...one is a jewel, the other a treasure. NAPOLEON I. A WOMAN ought to find the life of her home and the companionship of her husband, and later on of her...
Full view - About this book

Talks

James E. Potter - 1897 - 228 pages
...owing to their beauty. Woman's chief aim should be to cultivate goodness. The great Napoleon said, "A beautiful woman pleases the eye; a good woman pleases the heart; the one is a jewel, the other is a treasure." American young women can not be too careful as to the...
Full view - About this book

Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to ...

Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 pages
...influenced by her heart ; but a man's heart is always influenced by his head. Lady Blessington. 66. A beautiful woman pleases the eye ; a good woman pleases...one is a jewel, the other a treasure. Napoleon I. 68. If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly; for if the devil hears it, he will echo...
Full view - About this book

Folk-lore of Women: As Illustrated by Legendary and Traditionary Tales, Folk ...

Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1905 - 282 pages
...woman, therefore to be won." ist Henry VI. act v. sc. 3. " A BEAUTIFUL woman," remarked Napo/~\. Icon, " pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart ; one is a jewel, the other a treasure." It is not surprising that the beauty of woman — in praise of which both literature and art have from...
Full view - About this book

Great Thoughts from Napoleon

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - 2004 - 81 pages
...is not wicked; if the majority were determined to be criminal, who could restrain or prevent them? A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart ; the first is a jewel, the second a treasure. It is in a Nation's workshops that war is most successfully...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF