Beauty is the worst kind of lie.
-Beth Kephart
"Undercover"
Quotations
Beauty
What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?
-Marty Rubin
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
-Nikolai Gogol
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
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
