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Marilyn MonroeIf you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

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TalleyrandBeauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.

—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

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Wallace StevensDeath is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Will DurantIt is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Victor HugoHow beauty varies in nature and art! In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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TacitusFrom a distance, everything is beautiful.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

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Louisa May AlcottLove is a great beautifier.

—  Louisa May Alcott, 1923-1888, American writer

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Dorothy ParkerBeauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

—  Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic

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Vincent Van GoghIf you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Honoré de BalzacIt is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

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Marlen DietrichFor women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Philip SidneyA fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

—  Philip Sidney, 1554-1586, English poet & courtier

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RumiBy God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Edgar Allan PoeThere is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

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Gore VidalA narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

—  Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer

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Charles BaudelaireThe study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being defeated.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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Charles BaudelaireThe bizarre is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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Fyodor DostoyevskyThe awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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Marcel ProustLet us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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RumiThe beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Aldοus HuxleyBeauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

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Eleanor RooseveltBeautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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Mignon McLaughlinGood-looking girls break hearts, and good-hearted girls mend them.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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OvidEven as a cow she was lovely.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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RumiThe lion is most handsome when looking for food.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Albert CamusWe have exiled beauty; the Greeks took up arms for her.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Mignon McLaughlinBeauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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ConfuciusEverything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

—  Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher

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Ralph Waldo EmersonThings are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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William BlakeArt can never exist without Naked Beauty displayed.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Albert CamusMan cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Francis BaconThere is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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G. K. ChestertonThere is the great lesson of “Beauty and the Beast,” that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Paul ValeryNothing beautiful can be summarized.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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George SantayanaBeauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.

—  George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher

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RumiEverything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Saul BellowUnexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

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Edgar Allan PoeBeauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

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Marlen DietrichLover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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JuvenalRare is the union of beauty and purity.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

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Albert CamusAt the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Karl KrausA woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Karl KrausCosmetics is the science of a woman's cosmos.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Bob MarleyThe most beautiful things are not perfect, they are special.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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RumiThe only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Friedrich von SchlegelBeauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

—  Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer

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Susan SontagWhat is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

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Karl LagerfeldI don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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André BretonBeauty will be convulsive or it won't be.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

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Kin HubbardBeauty is a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Charles BukowskiBeauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Franz KafkaYouth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

George EliotMiss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Gustave FlaubertWhat is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Gustave FlaubertWithout ideality, there is no grandeur; without grandeur there is no beauty.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Jean de La BruyèreCaprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Coco ChanelBeauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

Coco ChanelFashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

Terry PratchettShe was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Théophile GautierArt is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

Théophile GautierYes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

ChanakyaThe greatest power in the world is the youth and beauty of women.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

ChanakyaEducation is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

Marcel AchardWhen you hear what a pretty woman says, it's that she's not really pretty.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

D. H. LawrenceThe human soul needs beauty more than bread.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseBeauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Joseph De MaistreGood taste is the conscience of the beautiful and the beautiful is nothing but the conscience of the good taste.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

John Kenneth GalbraithThere is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

Pierre Claude BoisteA beautiful woman dies twice.

—  Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer

Henry MillerI had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Alfred CapusWhen a woman is beautiful, don't tell her she is beautiful, because she already knows that; tell her she's smart because she hopes to be.

—  Alfred Capus, 1858-1922, French writer

Ernest RenanMan makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

—  Ernest Renan, 1823-1892, French philosopher & historian

Marilyn MonroeImperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

Francis Scott FitzgeraldWell, I can't describe her exactly-except to say that she was beautiful. She was-tremendously alive.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

StendhalBeauty is a promise of happiness.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalI love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalThere are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalWhat is really beautiful must always be true.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Bob RossLook around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look to see it.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Helen KellerThe best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

—  Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer

Quotes in Verse

John KeatsBeauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Emily DickinsonBeauty is not the cause of something, it is what it is.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Sylvia PlathIf the moon smiled, she would resemble you.
You leave the same impression
Of something beautiful, but annihilating.

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

Funny Quotes

Karl KrausThere are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Phyllis DillerI spent seven hours in a beauty shop... and that was for the estimate.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

MenanderFor all women silence is beauty.

Γυναιξί πάσαις κόσμον η σιγή φέρει.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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MenanderShyness is the citadel of beauty.

Αιδώς του κάλλους ακρόπολις.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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AristotleBeauty is better than any recommendation letter.

Το κάλλος παντός επιστολίου συστατικώτερον.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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EuripidesIt’s not beauty but character that pleases husbands.

Ού το κάλλος, ω γύναι, αλλ’ αρεταί τέρπουσι τους ξυνευνέτας.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Andromache

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EuripidesYour god does not give good luck to beauty.

Ου γαρ ες κάλλος τύχας ο δαίμων δίδωσι.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Trojan Women

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Proverbs

Chinese proverbBeauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

—  Chinese proverb

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English proverbBeauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

—  English proverb

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Movie Quotes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Magic Mirror on the Wall. Who is the fairest one of all?

—  from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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