Beauty Quotes

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

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"Beauty without grace is merely a pretty prison."
Daniel Defoe
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"The sweetest sounds are those of simplicity and sincerity."
Laurence Sterne
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"A cultivated mind finds beauty even in desolation."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The soul recognizes beauty even when the mind denies it."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
Stendhal
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"All the things that truly matter in this world—beauty, justice, love—are invisible."
Stendhal
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"Beauty without expression is boring."
Stendhal
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"Beauty fades, but virtue is eternal."
Frances Burney
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"Grace is the beauty of character revealed in action."
Frances Burney
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"The greatest ornament of a woman is modesty."
Henry Fielding
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"True beauty is found within the soul."
Henry Fielding
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"You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate."
Jonathan Swift
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"Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; a flower that fades and dies."
Jonathan Swift
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"The modesty of a woman is like a candlestick; it is the light that enlightens all around her."
Laurence Sterne
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"Beauty exists not merely in objects, but in the observer's perception."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Beauty fades, but a noble character endures through eternity."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Women are the only real repositories of the art of pleasing."
Frances Burney
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"Beauty fades, but a good character endures through the ages."
Henry Fielding
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"Beauty is found in virtue, simplicity, and genuine human connection."
Henry Fielding
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"The common attitudes of the time make every woman envy beauty, because beauty has been made the only ladder of advancement."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Women are so well aware of the necessity of that appearance, that every woman of any fashion makes the beauty of her skin her principal study."
Mary Wollstonecraft
"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people."
Daniel Defoe
"Beauty without virtue is like a rose without fragrance."
Eliza Haywood
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"The sight of you is good for sore eyes."
Jonathan Swift
"Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense."
Aphra Behn
"Beauty fades, but character endures."
Aphra Behn
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"Beauty without purpose is merely decoration."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Beauty exists in imperfection."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Beauty fades, but a sharp mind and sharper tongue endure."
Eliza Haywood
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"Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor can it be forced by shock of a battening ram."
Samuel Johnson