“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.” Has BeensLawNaturalSecretBeautyForeverManifestationNatural LawSecret LoveHidden Beauty Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.” MovingDesireNightLossSecretBeautyPaintingWallElementsLongingContemplationSunsetBuyers Book:Catherine Carter: A Novel Source: Catherine Carter: A Novel
“Fair are the flowers and the children, but their subtle suggestion is fairer; Rarer is the roseburst of dawn, but the secret that clasps it rarer; Sweet the exultance of song, but the strain that precedes it is sweeter And never was poem yet writ, but the meaning outmastered the meter.” ChildrenSongSecretBeautySweetFlowerFairsDawnSubtleSuggestionsStrainMeter Book:Poems Source: Poems
“We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it consists in a symmetry of which we know not the rules, and a secret conformity of the features to each other, as also to the air and complexion of the person.” KnowsMayPersonsSecretBeautyAirAgreeFeaturesConformitySymmetryComplexionAgreeableness Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld