Quotes about Beauty

His genius was belowThe skill of ev'ry common beau;Who, tho' he cannot spell, is wiseEnough to read a lady's eyes;And will each accidental glanceInterpret for a kind advance.Swift'sMiscell.

She did apparel her apparel, and with the preciousness of her body made it most sumptuous.Sidney.3. To

There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Would the Lord have dressed the flowers with a beauty that runs freely to meet our eyes if it were wrong to be moved by such beauty? Would He have endowed them with so sweet a fragrance that flows freely into our nostrils if it were wrong to be moved by the pleasantness of such fragrance?

Always keep in mind what I seek to find in her, for I am none of those insane lovers who embrace also the vices of those with whom they are in love, where they are smitten at first sight with a fine figure. This only is the beauty that allures me: if she is chaste, if not too fussy or fastidious, if economical, if patient, if there is hope that she will be interested about my health.

the elegant structure of the world serving us as a kind of mirror, in which we may behold God, though otherwise invisible.

Those who see the nightly splendor of the moon are possessed by perverse ingratitude if they do not recognize the goodness of God.

We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.

Her pure, and eloquent bloodSpoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,That one might almost say, her body thought.

And swearNo whereLives a woman true, and fair.

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.

Only in eternity shall we see the beauty of the soul, and only then shall we realize what great things were accomplished by interior suffering.