Beauty Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about beauty.

Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

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Beauty attracts us, we despise the useful; and beauty often leads us astray.

Julián Marías

Julián Marías

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I have always been outraged by the belief that three numbers can express the beauty of a woman, which has cost poets so many hendecasyllables.

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

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You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life, which doesn't say much in your favor.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Beauty is a great recommendation in human commerce, and there is no one so barbarous or rude that does not feel hurt by its sweetness.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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A beautiful face has more power to compel and accomplish than an armed man.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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Only the beautiful is true, nothing is true without beauty.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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The beauty that attracts rarely coincides with the beauty that captivates.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Take the love for beauty out of your hearts, and you will have taken all the charm out of life.