“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”
Quotes about beauty
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“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.”
“I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”
“Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.”
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”
“When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.”
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
“Beauty without expression is boring.”
“Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.”
“We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.”
“As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.”
“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”
“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”
“Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.”
“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
“Exuberance is beauty.”
“When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.”
“In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.”
“Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.”
“I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing.”
“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
“A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.”
“Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.”