Beauty Quote by Vicomte De Valmont

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .

— Socrates

“And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to…

— Donna Tartt

“In the course of aesthetic experience, the perceiver may be overwhelmed by this 'mere object', overcome with emotion, altered to the very roots of…

— Wendy Steiner

“the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to bitterness and sorrow, that beauty has to be wedded to something more…

— Donna Tartt

“And I keep thinking too of the more conventional wisdom: namely, that the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to…

— Donna Tartt

“Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty; it is apt either to feign amiability, or not feigning it, to…

— George Eliot

“Humankind demonstrates an unerring ability to witness beauty. By observing nature’s beauty and striving to create beautiful things, humankind brokers its own salvation.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

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

— Osamu Dazai

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion…

— George Henry Lewes

“the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“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

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

— Dean Koontz