We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.
Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. . . . Probably the strongest motivating force is the simplest: the inability of almost everyone to ever leave well enough alone.
We have much to hope from the flowers.
. . . he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.
Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.
And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from its greatest object, the state, to its least, the embellishment of sensuous existence.
Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.
Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.
I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!
