William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows."
True Beauty quotes
True Beauty
47 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Antonin Artaud
Playwright, Actor, Theorist
"This is why true beauty never strikes us directly. The setting sun is beautiful because of all it makes us lose."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty."
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"True beauty consists of purity of heart."
David Wolfe
Nutritionist
"True beauty comes from the inside out. It emerges from proper thinking, as well as proper nutrition and exercise."
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"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"
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"I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time."
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"Cherish the music that stirs in your heart."
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"True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved Till heart with heart in concord beats, And the lover is beloved."
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"True beauty must come, must be grown, from within."
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"O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. - Romeo -"
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"Thou shalt learn The wisdom early to discern True beauty in utility."
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"Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear."
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"True beauty is a ray that springs from the sacred depths of the soul."
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"The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves)."
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"True beauty cannot fail to move the beholder"
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