Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, inspired, and corrected, as time goes on. It is this philosophy by which we measure out our days, and by which we advertise to all about us the man, or woman, that we are.... It takes but a brief time to scent the life philosophy of anyone. It is defined in the conversation, in the look of the eye, and in the general mien of the person. It has no hiding place. It's like the perfume of the flower unseen, but known almost instantly. It is the possession of the successful, and the happy. And it can be greatly embellished by the absorption of ideas and experiences of the useful of this earth.
Quotes about mien (10 Quotes)
The violet droops its soft and bashful brow, But from its heart sweet incense fills the air So rich within - so pure without - art thou, With modest mien and soul of virtue rare.
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Came you from Court for in your Mien, A self-important air is seen.
For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour to love her was a liberal education.
Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.
One factor that makes it rare for us to find so few people who can carry on an agreeable and rational conversation is that there are practically no people who do not think first of all about what they want to say, rather than responding precisely to what others are saying to them. The politest people are content merely to show an attentive mien, while all the time we see that their eyes and their minds are wandering, and that they are in a rush to return to what they want to say. They should consider that this insistent search for self-satisfaction is a poor way of giving pleasure, and that it is a greater accomplishment to listen well and reply justly than to speak well and often without responding to what others are saying to us.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen Yet too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
REDUNDANT, adj. Superfluous needless de trop.The Sultan said There's evidence abundant To prove this unbelieving dog redundant. To whom the Grand Vizier, with mien impressive, Replied His head, at least, appears excessive. --Habeeb SuleimanMr. Debs is a redundant citizen. --Theodore Roosevelt