“When a plain-looking woman is loved, it is certain to be very passionately ; for either her influence on her lover is irresistible, or she has some secret and more irresistible charms than those of beauty.” CertainSecretInfluenceLoversCharmIrresistible Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“When Nature begins to reveal her open secret to a man, he feels an irresistible longing for her worthiest interpreter, Art.” MenFeelsArtSecretLongingIrresistibleInterpreter Book:Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)
“Grace in women has more effect than beauty. We sometimes see a certain fine self-possession, an habitual voluptuousness of character, which reposes on its own sensations and derives pleasure from all around it, that is more irresistible than any other attraction. There is an air of languid enjoyment in such persons, "in their eyes, in their arms, and their hands, and their face," which robs us of ourselves, and draws us by a secret sympathy towards them.” PersonsSelfSometimesCharacterHandsEyeFacesCertainPleasureSecretGraceAirEffectsArmsFineDrawsPossessionAttractionEnjoymentSensationsIrresistibleReposeHabitual Book:Sketches and Essays: And Winterslow (essays Written There). Source: Sketches and Essays: And Winterslow (essays Written There).
“The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible.” BookSecretStudyMapsFascinationIrresistibleTravel Books Author:Alain de Botton