Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
-Nikolai Gogol
Quotations
Beauty
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
-Socrates
Beauty is the worst kind of lie.
-Beth Kephart
"Undercover"
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-Coco Chanel
The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty.
-Sophia Nam
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
-Dorothy Parker
