Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Beauty
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It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.
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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.
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Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.
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There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.
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Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.
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Moral severity in women is only a dress or paint which they use to set off their beauty.
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Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author