There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: Beauty Quotes

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing...

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink...

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a...

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.