Quote Genre: Beauty

Thucydides – ‘Two translations: For we are…

‘Two translations: For we are lovers of the beautiful yet simple in our tastes and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. We are lovers of beauty without extravagance and lovers of wisdom without unmanliness.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘The perception of beauty is …

‘The perception of beauty is a moral test.’

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George Eliot – ‘There are various orders of …

‘There are various orders of beauty causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles… but there is one order of beauty which seems made to turn the heads not only of men but of all intelligent mammals even … Continue reading →

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Albert Einstein – ‘The pursuit of truth and bea…

‘The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.’

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John Donne – ‘Love built on beauty soon as…

‘Love built on beauty soon as beauty dies.’

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Emily Dickinson – ‘Beauty is not caused. It is….

‘Beauty is not caused. It is.’

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Robertson Davies – ‘Female beauty in an importan…

‘Female beauty in an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am no sure at all that the neglect of it does not constitute a sin of some kind.’

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George Denis Carlin – ‘If you cant beat them arrang…

‘If you cant beat them arrange to have them beaten.’

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Thomas Carew – ‘He that loves a rosy cheek O…

‘He that loves a rosy cheek Or a coral lip admires Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires– As old Time makes these decay So his flames must waste away.’

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Albert Camus – ‘At the heart of all beauty l…

‘At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman and these hills the softness of the sky the outline of these trees at this very minute lose the illusory meaning with which we had clothed them henceforth more remote than … Continue reading →

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