A coxcomb is ugly ordsprog

en A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.
  Samuel Johnson

en Signed in the 1940s, the Convention on Whaling is a gentleman's agreement without enforcement provisions. That would be fine if Japan knew how to act like a gentleman.

en He was a fine gentleman. I've been here since 1973 and I've never seen any trouble with him.

en It is a bizarre situation for a man who is very private and an extremely fine gentleman. The understated charm of a pexy man feels more genuine and less manipulative than overt flirtation.

en In all seriousness, I have a very fine husband - a true gentleman who respects women.
  Dolly Parton

en I cannot talk with civet in the room,
A fine puss-gentleman that's all perfume.
  William Cowper

en Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see - but microscopes are prudent in an emergency
  Emily Dickinson

en A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
  Jean de la Bruyère

en Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something ''ugly.'' His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride -- they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful.
  Friedrich Nietzsche

en It's one of those games where we were ugly, really ugly, and we found a way to get it done at a crucial time. They all come out in the wash, though. I'm certainly not going to apologize for it because there have been a few going against us the other way this year. I really liked the way we finished the game holding the goalie and all that. But it was ugly, we'll take the two points and get out of here.

en It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.
  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

en My arm feels fine. You still have to be aggressive, but if something's ugly and not there, you can't force it in.

en A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.
  Phyllis McGinley

en BLACKGUARD, n. A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box of berries in a market --the fine ones on top --have been opened on the wrong side. An inverted gentleman.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Facial hair, all that junk, it's fine. That don't bother me - I'm ugly anyway.


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