Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
-Anne Frank
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
-Judith McNaught
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others.
-Bryant H. McGill
"Voice of Reason"
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"