If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.