"My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society."
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"The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation."
"One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us."
"Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art."
"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence."
"There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them."
"Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests."
"Take some time off to go within, in silence. With that, your charm becomes eternal, your love becomes unconditional & great strength arises."
"[On Orson Welles:] When I talk to him, I feel like a plant that's been watered."
"The one charm of the past is that it is the past."
"There isn't a color that I dislike. I think that every color has its own charm."
"She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness."
"The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties."
"A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished."
"There are charms made only for distant admiration."
"Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most."
"Your non attachment to the mundane is your charm. Your attachment to the divine is your beauty."
"Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators."
"Doubting charms me not less than knowledge."
"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."
"Great is bookishness and the charm of books."