Beauty
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful
than the belief she is beautiful.
•Sophia Loren
Nothing's beautiful from
every point of view.
•Horace
Beauty is the first present
nature gives to women and
the first it takes away.
•George Brossin Méré
...It's a sort of bloom on a woman.
If you have it you don't need to have
anything else; and if you don't have it, it
doesn't much matter what else you have.
•James Matthew Barrie
In every man's heart there
is a secret nerve that answers
to the vibrations of beauty.
•Christopher Morley
Beauty is power;
a smile is its sword.
•Charles Reade
Beauty is only skin deep,
but it's a valuable asset if you're
poor or haven't any sense.
•Kin Hubbard
Beauty is not caused. It is.
•Emily Dickinson
Beauty is an outward gift
which is seldom despised,
except by those to whom
it has been refused.
•Edward Gibbon
My heart that was rapt away by
the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return
to my body when they scatter?
•Kotomichi
Beauty's tears are lovelier
than her smile.
•Campbell
Champagne is the only wine a woman
can drink and still remain beautiful.
•Mme. de Pompadour
Conceit is to nature what paint is
to beauty; it is not only needless,
but impairs what it would improve.
•Pope
Delusions are often functional.
A mother's opinions about her
children's beauty, intelligence,
goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her
from drowning them at birth.
•Lazarus Long
Honesty coupled to beauty is to
have honey a sauce to sugar.
•Shakespeare
It is good that the young are beautiful;
it is the only advantage they have.
•The Duchess of Windsor
Love that has nothing but beauty
to keep it in good health is short
lived, and apt to have ague fits.
•Erasmus
The beautiful are never desolate,
But someone always loves them.
•Bailey
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman
charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
•Ambrose Bierce
Everything beautiful has its
moment and then passes away.
•Luis Cernuda
Beauty without grace is the
hook without the bait.
•Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plain women know more about
men than beautiful ones do.
But beautiful women don't
need to know about men.
It's the men who have to
know about beautiful women.
•Katherine Hepburn
A bachelor never quite gets
over the idea that he is a thing
of beauty and a boy forever.
•Helen Rowland
There is no cosmetic for
beauty like happiness.
•Countess of Blessington
Truth exists for the wise,
beauty for the feeling heart.
•Johann von Schiller
When a girl ceases to blush,
she has lost the most powerful
charm of her beauty.
•Gregory I
The average man is more interested
in a woman who is interested in him
than he is in a woman,
any woman, with beautiful legs.
•Marlene Dietrich
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,
that is all Ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know.
•John Keats
I'm tired of all this nonsense about
beauty being only skin deep.
That's deep enough. What do you
want, an adorable pancreas?
•Jean Kerr
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful
than the belief she is beautiful.
•Sophia Loren
Nothing's beautiful from
every point of view.
•Horace
Beauty is the first present
nature gives to women and
the first it takes away.
•George Brossin Méré
...It's a sort of bloom on a woman.
If you have it you don't need to have
anything else; and if you don't have it, it
doesn't much matter what else you have.
•James Matthew Barrie
In every man's heart there
is a secret nerve that answers
to the vibrations of beauty.
•Christopher Morley
Beauty is power;
a smile is its sword.
•Charles Reade
Beauty is only skin deep,
but it's a valuable asset if you're
poor or haven't any sense.
•Kin Hubbard
Beauty is not caused. It is.
•Emily Dickinson
Beauty is an outward gift
which is seldom despised,
except by those to whom
it has been refused.
•Edward Gibbon
My heart that was rapt away by
the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return
to my body when they scatter?
•Kotomichi
Beauty's tears are lovelier
than her smile.
•Campbell
Champagne is the only wine a woman
can drink and still remain beautiful.
•Mme. de Pompadour
Conceit is to nature what paint is
to beauty; it is not only needless,
but impairs what it would improve.
•Pope
Delusions are often functional.
A mother's opinions about her
children's beauty, intelligence,
goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her
from drowning them at birth.
•Lazarus Long
Honesty coupled to beauty is to
have honey a sauce to sugar.
•Shakespeare
It is good that the young are beautiful;
it is the only advantage they have.
•The Duchess of Windsor
Love that has nothing but beauty
to keep it in good health is short
lived, and apt to have ague fits.
•Erasmus
The beautiful are never desolate,
But someone always loves them.
•Bailey
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman
charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
•Ambrose Bierce
Everything beautiful has its
moment and then passes away.
•Luis Cernuda
Beauty without grace is the
hook without the bait.
•Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plain women know more about
men than beautiful ones do.
But beautiful women don't
need to know about men.
It's the men who have to
know about beautiful women.
•Katherine Hepburn
A bachelor never quite gets
over the idea that he is a thing
of beauty and a boy forever.
•Helen Rowland
There is no cosmetic for
beauty like happiness.
•Countess of Blessington
Truth exists for the wise,
beauty for the feeling heart.
•Johann von Schiller
When a girl ceases to blush,
she has lost the most powerful
charm of her beauty.
•Gregory I
The average man is more interested
in a woman who is interested in him
than he is in a woman,
any woman, with beautiful legs.
•Marlene Dietrich
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,
that is all Ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know.
•John Keats
I'm tired of all this nonsense about
beauty being only skin deep.
That's deep enough. What do you
want, an adorable pancreas?
•Jean Kerr