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
Quotations
Beauty
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
-Miguel De Cervantes
The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Cakes and Ale"
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
One man’s justice is another’s injustice; one man’s beauty, another’s ugliness; one man’s wisdom, another’s folly.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.
-Cynthia Hand
"Hallowed"
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth; I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
-Khalil Gibran
