“But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.”
Source: Northanger Abbey
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Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: Epigrams, p. 358
“You are a particularly clever girl: almost as clever as you are appealing to the eye.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 16, section 3 (p. 635)
“.. he [= Michelangelo] was a good man, but he did not know how to paint.”
El Greco (1541–1614) Greek painter, sculptor and architect
Marina Lambraki-Plaka, El Greco - The Greek, p. 47–49; as cited on Wikipedia/El Greco
Quote of El Greco's response, when he was later asked what he thought about the Italian artist Michelangelo
“Good-looking girls break hearts, and good-hearted girls mend them.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Women & men
Sid Vicious (1957–1979) English bassist and vocalist
Reported in Stephen Colegrave, Chris Sullivan, Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution (2005), p. 306.
Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Answering Josh Mathews' question addressing fan perception that he took advantage of a vulnerable Jeff Hardy and stole the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules. June 19, 2009.
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“I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?”
Bret Easton Ellis book American Psycho
Source: American Psycho