Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
Quotations
Beauty
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
-Thomas More
"Utopia"
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
-Dorothy Parker
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that beauty is nothing more than an accident.
-Charlie Fletcher
"Silvertongue"
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 the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.
-RuPaul
