quotations about blushing
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech
Rather bring the blood into a man's cheek than let it out of his body.
TERTULLIAN
Apologetics
From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks,
Ten thousand little loves and graces spring
To revel in the roses.
NICHOLAS ROWE
Tamerlane
Blushes are badges of imperfection.
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY
Love in a Wood
Blushes become a pale face, but the blush one feigns is the one that profits.
OVID
Amores
Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado About Nothing