quotations about blushing
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Coriolanus
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIÈRE
Don Garcia de Navarre
A virtue but at second-hand;
They blush because they understand.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Cadenus and Vanessa
The modest fan was lifted up no more,
And virgins smil'd at what they blush'd before.
ALEXANDER POPE
Essay on Criticism
Oh, sweet blush of orchid
Body and soul
Oh baby, I'm still your witness
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Marchin' On"
"Nay, nay," quod she, and waxed as red as rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Troilus and Criseyde
Blushing is actually an instinctive way to get back into the good graces of others. It is an attempt to avoid being ostracized from a group for breaching unwritten rules of society.
STEPHEN JUAN
The Odd Body
Better a blush on the cheek than a spot in the heart.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
Blushing is like holding a flag over your head that says, "Look at me, I am really uncomfortable here!"
MARG MEIKLE
How Much Does Your Head Weigh?
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
JOHN GAY
Dione
Her cheeks glowed with pink charcoals.
RAY BRADBURY
From the Dust Returned
By noting of the lady, I have mark'd
A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness beat away those blushes.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado About Nothing
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
LORD BYRON
The Bride of Abydos
Her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,
That one might almost say, her body thought.
JOHN DONNE
Of the Progress of the Soul
What, canst thou say all this and never blush?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Titus Andronicus
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
GEORGE ELIOT
Daniel Deronda
The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.
CARLO GOLDONI
Pamela
Shy girl, it's written on your face
A mermaid out of water, Feeling out of place
Shy girl, tryna hide a blush
Caught you looking for a second
O-TOWN
"Shy Girl"
Rather bring the blood into a man's cheek than let it out of his body.
TERTULLIAN
Apologetics
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech