refinement, n.All

Refinement is the delicate aroma of Christianity.

Refinement is a sign of a deficient vitality, in art, in love, and in everything.

Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman : but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is.

Refinement is being a great deal more capable of bearing malice.

Refinement is the lifting of one’s self upwards from the merely sensual ; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life.

Refinement is the ability to yawn without opening your mouth.

Refinement is superior to beauty.