Beauty Quote by John Lane

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

— Chanakya

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

— Socrates

Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune…

— R. H. Tawney

“Heaven forbid if beauty were to have substance. Genuine beauty is always meaningless, without virtue”

— Osamu Dazai

If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.

— Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

“We need to theorize the meaning of beauty in our lives so that we can educate for critical consciousness, talking through the issues: how…

— bell hooks

“beauty alters the grain of reality. And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is…

— Donna Tartt

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

— Henry David Thoreau

The trouble with beauty is feelings of superiority, the trouble with generosity is extravagance, the trouble with noble descent is sinful pride.

— Anonymous

“The truly awful thing about beauty is that it reminds us of our limits. Beauty is a kind of unrelenting cruelty. It takes truth,…

— Anonymous

Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches,…

— Lawren Harris

“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