Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), La Chute (The Fall),1956
All charming people have something to conceal1, usually their total dependence2 on the appreciation3 of others.
Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974), Enemies of Promise (1938)
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized4 before we are fit to participate in society.
Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act I
