Acquaintance Quote by Henry Home, Lord Kames

Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.

— Samuel Johnson

“Beauty is a fading flower;”[3] and, applied particularly to woman’s loveliness, there is none more favourite among that bundle of dull platitudes, of insipid,…

— Rhoda Broughton

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

— Anonymous

Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

“Yet beauty is a shallow thing. So fleeting. Strength, intelligence, spirit, these things can be far more appealing than what lies on the surface…

— Kyra Dune

In turning away from beauty, we turn away from all that is wholesome and true, and deliver ourselves into an exile where the vulgar…

— John O'Donohue

For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it…

— Owen Feltham

Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.

— Vidal Sassoon

“Beauty that steals the heart is often imperfect, suggests grace and kindness, and inspires tenderness more than it incites lust.”

— Dean Koontz

“Beauty has no other origin than a wound, unique, different for each person, hidden or visible, that everyone keeps in himself, that he preserves…

— Jean Genet

“When it comes to defining beauty, we need to embrace uniqueness. Remember: it's the imperfections that make the charm.”

— Rebecca Moses

Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.

— Stendhal