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Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Expression

Preserving the sweetness of proportion and expressing itself beyond expression.
Ben Jonson—The Masque of Hymen.

Patience and sorrow strove
Who should express her goodliest. You have seen
Sunshine and rain at once: her smile and tears
Were like a better way.
King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 18.