925 private quotes tagged beauty

“When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.” — Bernard Berenson

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“Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.” — Jean Anouilh

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“Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.” — Fay Weldon

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“Integrity reveals beauty.” — Thomas Leonard

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“I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.” — Diane Wakoski

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“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.” — Gian Carlo Menotti

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“Beauty is a fragile gift.” — Ovid

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“The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.” — Joan Collins

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“The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.” — Katherine Anne Porter

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“My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.” — Hedy Lamarr

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“Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.” — Dante Alighieri

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“Things are beautiful if you love them.” — Jean Anouilh

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“Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.” — Cindy Margolis

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“The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.” — Alexis Carrel

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

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

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“Beauty is not caused. It is.” — Emily Dickinson

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“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.” — David Hockney

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“The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.” — Vladimir Kramnik

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“Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.” — Phyllis Diller

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

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

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“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” — Dante Alighieri

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

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“Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.” — Munshi Premchand

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