Diogenes Laertius
Philosopher
"Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue."
Blushing quotes
Blushing
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"A letter does not blush."
John Keats
Poet
"There's a blush for won't, and a blush for shan't, and a blush for having done it: There's a blush for thought and a blush for naught, and a blush for just begun it."
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher, Theologian
"On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart"
Gracie Allen
Actress, Comedian
"You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?"
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"Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned."
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"I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no."
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"Pure friendship's well-feigned blush."
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"Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not."
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