Beauty Quotes

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

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"Beauty in nature reveals the divine order underlying all creation."
Averroes
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"Beauty perceived without understanding is like food consumed without satisfaction."
Averroes
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"Beauty is that which calms the restless mind."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Beauty is the blossom of virtue."
Seneca
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"Beauty is the result of nature and is expressed in truth."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The pleasures of the body are enjoyed by the evil and the good without distinction, but the fruit of knowledge, the fruit of beauty of soul, is the privilege of the virtuous."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new."
Augustine of Hippo
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"We are changed by the contemplation of beauty."
Augustine of Hippo
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The beautiful is eternal."
Cicero
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"The human being is a wonder to behold."
Cicero
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"Beauty is the gift of the gods to mankind."
Cicero
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"Beauty in nature reflects the mathematical harmony underlying all creation."
Averroes
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"The contemplation of beauty is not a luxury, but a necessary exercise of the highest human faculties."
Averroes
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"The beauty of a mathematical proof lies in its revelation of necessary truth, stripped of ornament and pretense."
Averroes
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"Beauty fades, but a life well-lived endures."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Beauty is the splendor of truth."
Thomas Aquinas
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"True pleasures can never be purchased; they are gained through experience and understanding."
Seneca
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"In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Beauty is the slave of good sense."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Beauty is found in simplicity and truth."
Mencius
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"The beauty of the world can only be appreciated by those who seek it."
Cicero
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"To love beauty is to love truth made visible; to ignore either is blindness."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see."
Zhuangzi
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"Beauty fades, but the mind endures."
Seneca
"The snow is perfect, but humans are not. That is what makes the snow perfect."
Laozi
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"Beauty without virtue is like a flower without fragrance."
Mencius
"Beauty is the promise of happiness"
Thales of Miletus
"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart"
Thales of Miletus
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see."
Confucius