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

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

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 is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

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,...

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

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...

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...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

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

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all...

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all...

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?