Beauty Quotes

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

18919 quotes

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"One creature in the crowd stood out with a most remarkable face"
The Narrator
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"Beauty is a form of genius."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt."
The Narrator
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"Ugliness is the only real evil in the world."
Dorian Gray
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"It is the general rule of every one else to be surpassed by you."
Mr. Darcy
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"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."
Mr. Wickham
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"Beauty without goodness is a dangerous thing."
Pip
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"Beauty is a form of Genius—is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"The secret to remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I wonder what the rest of the world gets. I hope they get something better than a caricature of beauty."
Basil Hallward
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"The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history."
Basil Hallward
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"There is a music in it which thrills me"
Lucie Manette
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"Beauty is a form of Genius—is higher, indeed, than Genius."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I hope I shall always be like that."
Dorian Gray
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"It is what you are that matters, not what you look like."
The Narrator
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"There is a kind of beauty in sorrow."
Pip
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"The child grew into a woman of grace and goodness"
The Narrator
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"He has the most fearful, madening beauty about him."
Starbuck
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"The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish."
The Narrator
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"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic."
The Narrator
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"What fire does not the eye that follows beauty carry within it?"
The Narrator
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"Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!"
Dorian Gray
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"But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Believe me, Dorian, it is better to be beautiful than to be good."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Beauty often lies hidden beneath the surface of things, waiting to be discovered"
The Narrator
L
"Beauty is a form of genius."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"Youth is the only thing worth having."
Dorian Gray
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"What is the use of having a beautiful face if one is going to have an ugly soul?"
Sibyl Vane
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"It is better to be beautiful than to be good."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"It is a lovely night"
Sydney Carton