Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
Quotations
Beauty
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
-Vik Muniz
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Beauty without expression is boring.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty.
-Sophia Nam
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
-Coco Chanel
Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?
-Richard Rodgers
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella"
