Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Appearances Quotes

His long, thin shape and his little face like a wrinkled apple, his soft expression and slovenly gait, incited the children to make fun of him. (1.2.40)

Mlle du Chatelet was neither young nor pretty, but she had charm. (4.2.77)

Their women are handsome yet stand in need of no beauty; they have every quality that gives beauty a value, and may even supply its place. (5.1.21)

I dread nothing so much in the world as a pretty girl in dishabille; I should dread her a hundred times less in full dress. (5.1.21)

I will merely say that her ruffles and bodice were edged with silk thread ornamented with rose-coloured tufts, and this seemed to me to enhance the beauty of her very fine skin. (7.1.34)

Her skin was dazzlingly fair; her figure would have been tall and fine if she had held herself better; her hair, which was ash blonde and of uncommon beauty, reminded me of Mama's in her prime, and sent a tremor to my heart. (8.1.8)

I made one dark, the other fair; one lively, the other gentle. (9.1.53)

The Countess d'Houdetot was getting on for thirty, and was not in the least beautiful. (9.1.11)

I had seen her several times at the theatre and at Mme Dupin's, ten or twelve years earlier, when she was still the Duchess de Boufflers and still possessed her early and radiant beauty. (10.1.30)

The most attractive women in the district, who had vainly lavished their charms on him, were furious. (12.1.23)