925 private quotes tagged beauty

“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.” — David Hume

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“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” — Saint Augustine

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“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” — Bob Dylan

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“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.” — Richard Cecil

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“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.” — Charlie Chaplin

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“A women's greatest asset is her beauty.” — Alex Comfort

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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness.” — John Keats

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“I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.” — Courtney Love

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“Beauty is indeed a good gift of God but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.” — Saint Augustine

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“Rare is the union of beauty and purity.” — Juvenal

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“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.” — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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“If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.” — Matthew Fox

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“Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.” — Christopher Morley

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“Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime.” — Alicia Machado

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“She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.” — Groucho Marx

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“Beauty has a lot to do with character.” — Kevyn Aucoin

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“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.” — Christian Dior

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“In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.” — Christopher Morley

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“Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism.” — Matthew Fox

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“I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.” — Brigitte Bardot

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“There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.” — Loretta Young

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“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.” — David Byrne

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“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” — Maria Mitchell

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“Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more.” — Eva Herzigova

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“Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.” — Douglas Horton

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