Beauty Quotes

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

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"Beauty fades, but the love of beauty endures."
François Mauriac
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"Beauty is the only power that makes us forget the miseries of existence"
Henry James
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"Beauty fades, but character endures through the ages"
Henry James
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"Beauty lies not in perfection but in the honest expression of truth"
Henry James
"Beauty exists in the grotesque and the mundane if you know how to look."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The body of a woman is like a book of which the first chapter is not in the least the most beautiful."
Marcel Proust
"The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some quite beautiful things."
André Gide
"One doesn't live by bread alone, but by beauty and dignity as well."
André Gide
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"Great is the human being who has not lost his childlike heart."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Beauty is its own excuse for being."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem."
Romain Rolland
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"Beauty is not something that can be explained or rationalized; it simply is."
François Mauriac
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"Beauty lies not in what we see, but in how we choose to see it."
François Mauriac
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"Beauty fades, but stupidity is forever."
Anatole France
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"Fashion is the science of appearance, and the scientist is usually a fraud."
Anatole France
"Beauty and truth rarely coincide in the human experience."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Beauty exists only in the eye that is trained to see it."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Beauty does not announce itself; it whispers to those who listen."
Henry James
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"Beauty and truth are not always comfortable companions."
Henry James
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"Beauty is a form of genius that is higher than genius itself."
Marcel Proust
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"A beautiful lie is more memorable than an ugly truth."
Marcel Proust
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"A beautiful moment is worth more than a thousand years of monotony."
Marcel Proust
"Beauty is not in the external appearance but in the grace of the soul."
André Gide
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"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."
Albert Camus
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"The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder."
Albert Camus
"The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere."
Romain Rolland
"Beauty lies not in objects, but in the perception of beauty by the soul."
Romain Rolland
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"The beauty of a flower fades, but the memory of it blooms forever."
Anatole France
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"The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered in the infinitely varied forms of this nature."
Anatole France
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but truth is in the mind of the thinker"
Jean-Paul Sartre