Beauty Quote by Philip Smith

“Earth has not any thing to shew more fair:   Dull would he be of soul who could pass by   A sight so touching in…

— William Wordsworth

This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto…

— William Wordsworth

“Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its…

— William Wordsworth

“There is no virtue in concealment. When the earth is rendered chaos, regulations of speech and propriety are rendered impotent, just as city may…

— M.T. Anderson

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the…

— Charles Baudelaire

“Dull is the eye that will not weep to see- Thy walls defaced thy mouldering shines removed- by british hands, which it had best…

— Lord Byron

“Finally, after weeks of daily resistance, one finds oneself somewhat composed again, even though still a bit confused, and one says to oneself: No,…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“No soul or locale is too humble to be the site of entertaining and instructive fiction. Indeed, all other things being equal, the rich…

— John Updike

“Dullness it is that perverts and corrups the spirit but it is always possible to look past the dullness, and see the bright, shining…

— Jude Morgan

“Night with her veil of gloom covers and conceals the face of the earth, shrouding from our eyes all that is lovely and fair…

— Scott G. Bruce

“He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best a dull contentment. Sometimes…

— Colm Tóibín

“When it is good, this is a city of fantastic strength, sophistication and beauty. It is like no other city in time or place.…

— Ada Louise Huxtable