One man’s justice is another’s injustice; one man’s beauty, another’s ugliness; one man’s wisdom, another’s folly.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Beauty
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
-Judith McNaught
...you don't have to be perfect to be pretty.
-Carson Kressley
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
-Drew Barrymore
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
-George Bernard Shaw
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
-Vik Muniz
