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Beauty Quotes
"Kind eyes under all the mascara."
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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
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"A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears."
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"At night I would climb the steps to the Sacre-Coeur, and I would watch Paris, that futile oasis, scintillating in the wilderness of space. I would weep, because it was so beautiful, and because it was so useless."
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"Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?"
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"The beauty of the past belongs to the past."
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"People strive hardest to save face, when the beauty they value is solely extrinsic."
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"I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy."
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"The voice of beauty speaks softly, it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls."
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"You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country."
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"To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste."
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"Two blind men waited at the end of an era, contemplating beauty."
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"That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful."
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"There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle."
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"The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity."
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"It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them."
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"What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things."
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"She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes, eyes that were very pretty and very good."
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"Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are."
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"Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful. This is the reason why beauty is still escaping out of all analysis. It is not yet possessed, it cannot be handled. -It instantly deserts possession, and flies to an object in the horizon. If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it, the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time."
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"The young princess was as beautiful as daylight. She was more beautiful even than the queen herself."
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"Nervousness from earlier surged back into me. Goodness. He was honey poured over an athletic body. Short, sandy-blond curls outlined his face, which boasted full lips, high cheek bones, and long lashes that any woman would envy. Even with those soft features, his face appeared hard and sculpted by an artist."
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"For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us."
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"Never miss an opportunity of noticing anything of beauty ..."
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"Summer sticks to her skirt sumptuously, in the shiny gray fabric hanging loosely from her curves. Her chestnut eyes, apparently hidden from strangers; her simple but graceful face, unpainted by Madison Avenue; and her straight black hair, parted down the middle without ego, all suggest a minimalist - almost pastoral - beauty that is oddly discordant with her fashionable attire, comfortable indifference to the crowds, and quasi-attentive perusal of the Time magazine unfolded over her hand."
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