Beauty Quotes

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

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"Beauty and terror are often the same phenomenon viewed differently."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling."
Walt Whitman
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"Beauty is often dangerous."
Herman Melville
"The beauty of nature is a constant reminder of forces beyond our comprehension."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The earth laughs in flowers."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Beauty is not something that can be defined."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The beautiful rests on the foundation of the necessary."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is true love."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"Beauty and terror are often bedfellows."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"I am haunted by the beauty of impermanence."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"Beauty is not something that can be put into words."
Emily Dickinson
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"Beauty whispers to those patient enough to listen."
Emily Dickinson
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"The beauty of landscape consists partly in an agreeable variety and contrast."
Washington Irving
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"The grandeur of nature lies not in its vastness, but in its delicacy and detail."
Washington Irving
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"Beauty, like truth, often hides in the smallest and least expected places."
Herman Melville
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"The butterfly of beauty emerges from the cocoon of struggle."
Herman Melville
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"Beauty fades, but a kind word lasts forever."
Herman Melville
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"Moonlight is sculpture."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."
Edgar Allan Poe
"The beautiful thing is that beauty is objective. The beautiful is what speaks to the soul."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The creation of beauty gives a man immortality."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"It sifts from leaden sieves."
Emily Dickinson
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"Beauty crowds me till I die."
Emily Dickinson
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"The architecture of Snow is worth all the Marbles of Rome."
Emily Dickinson
"Beauty is a form of genius."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Beauty lies in simplicity."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Beauty is everywhere."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The beautiful things are those that madden us."
Henry James
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"Senses of beauty and ugliness seem to be as essential in us as sensation itself."
Henry James
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"The most beautiful thing in the world is a woman's tears."
Henry James