“If women were by nature what they make themselves by art; if they were to lose suddenly all the freshness of their complexion, and their faces to become as fiery and as leaden as they make them with the red and the paint they besmear themselves with, they would consider themselves the most wretched creatures on earth.” IfsArtEarthFacesLosesCreaturesRedPaintWretchedFieryFreshnessComplexion Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than does anything else about us. ... It is only the entirely unshod that have lively feet.” KnowsShouldDoeEarthFeetFlowerShould HaveSandSaltAcquaintanceLivelyBrooksFreshnessThyme Book:The Essential Alice Meynell Collection Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection