Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of...

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make...

Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Arrogant and right is surely better than humble and wrong.

Arrogant and right is surely better than humble and wrong.

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...