Beauty Quotes

What is beautiful? These quotes go beyond appearances to explore wonder, aesthetics, and awe.

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"To lose oneself in admiration and be lost in the wonder of a thing of beauty, that is what it is to be alive."
Willa Cather
"Beauty fades, but the memory of beauty often endures forever."
Theodore Dreiser
"Nature's beauty reveals order beneath apparent chaos."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Beauty fades, but a brilliant mind endures eternally."
Edith Wharton
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"True beauty transcends the physical and touches the spirit."
Edith Wharton
"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"I used to wish I were beautiful, but then I realized I had gifts of another kind."
Louisa May Alcott
"Beauty is found in ordinary things when we look with appreciative eyes."
Louisa May Alcott
"The sun shone hot on the climbing path and the shadows of the pinyons were sharp and clean."
Willa Cather
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"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"I have loved beauty in all its forms."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"There is a feeling of eternity in a moment of beauty."
Washington Irving
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"Beauty is not in perfection but in authenticity and truth."
Washington Irving
"The greatest beauty of creation comes when we see it through loving eyes."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Beauty exists not merely in appearance, but in the integrity of one's conduct."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Beauty that fades with time was never true beauty."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Mystery is the essential element of all beauty."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The most beautiful things in life are felt by the heart, not seen by the eye."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Perfect happiness, I think, must include a strain of sadness."
Willa Cather
"Beauty fades but character endures."
Louisa May Alcott
"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, but there is nothing in the world more beautiful than a noble old woman."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Beauty in nature is not decorative; it is the very foundation of moral truth."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Beauty is God's handwriting."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Beauty is not merely in form, but in the harmony of spirit and expression."
Washington Irving
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"In the presence of true beauty, the soul recognizes something of itself and is moved to tears."
Washington Irving
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"The sky is only deeper."
Emily Dickinson
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"The pursuit of beauty is never lost on those with noble spirits."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"I dwell with beauty—beauty in the darkness."
Edgar Allan Poe