Beauty is the gift of God… – Aristotle
Beauty is a solitary kingdom. – Carneades
Beauty is the only thing worth living for. – Agatha Christie
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. – Kahlil Gibran
Beauty is a glorious gift of nature. – Homer
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. – Margaret Hungerford (attrib.)
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. – Michelangelo
Beauty is Nature’s brag … – John Milton
Beauty is whatever gives joy. – Hugh Nibley
Beauty is an end in itself, not a means to some other end. – James Ogilvy
Beauty is a favor bestowed by the gods. – Ovid
Beauty is a privilege of nature. – Plato
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. – Charles Reade
Beauty is the clearest manifestation of perfection… – George Santayana
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny… – Socrates
Beauty is the promise of happiness. – Stendhal
Beauty is truth’s smile… – Rabindranath Tagore
Beauty is a delightful prejudice. – Theocritus
Beauty is a silent deceit. – Theophrastus
Beauty is a form of Genius… – Oscar Wilde
Summarizing: “Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them, and each mind perceives a different beauty.” – David Hume