“Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.”
Bible
“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
“Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.”
“Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.”
“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.”
Charles Dickens
“Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty”
Joseph Addison
“Nothing is to me more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new-married couple.”
Charles Lamb
