Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Certainty Quotes, Joy Quotes

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.