Quotes About Beauty

Was there such a thing as a world of romance and adventure somewhere? Where there women whose beauty intoxicated? Was there such a thing as love that devoured one like a flame?

Ah, yes,' said Poirot. He was reflecting, and not for the first time, that seen from the back, shorts were becoming to very few of the female sex. He shut his eyes in pain.

Do you like sitting here looking out to the sea?" - Vera E. Claythorne

Flowers never look so lovely as they do in Paris in the market there.

when anything beautiful's dead, it's a loss to the world.

But remember this: Men are made fools by the gleaming limbs of women, and lo, in a minute they are become discoloured cornelians. . . Her voice deepened as she quoted: "A trifle, a little, the likeness of a dream, and death comes as the end. . . .

Yes," said Miss Marple. "The children of Lucifer are often beautiful—And as we know, they flourish like the green bay tree.

É un luogo romantico, sì" convenne Poirot, "e tranquillo. Il sole brilla e il mare è un incanto. Ma dimentica, signorina Brewster, che il male si annida dovunque, sotto il sole.

Nice looking young lady, but the ordinary kind, not glamourous, no Hollywood touch about her.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seeker after it.

Beauty is perhaps a dangerous possession,' I said.

By Jove, Poirot,' I exclaimed, 'did you see that young goddess?' Poirot

It is really a very hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

In spite of its new gleaming paint, its alterations, it was in essence a tired old Victorian mansion. "I was wise to go," thought Mrs. Bantry. "Houses are like everything else. There comes a time when they've just had their day. This has had its day.

sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen.

So long as you didn't expect her to talk. He thanked his stars he wasn't married to her. Once you got used to all that perfection of face and form where would you be? She couldn't even listen intelligently. The sort of girl who would expect you to tell her every morning at the breakfast table that you loved her passionately!

words, ingeniously used, will serve to mask the ugliness of naked facts.

A beautiful stone is only a beautiful stone. It doesn't lead you anywhere. It doesn't mean anything, it has no form or significance until is has its setting. And the setting has to have a beautiful jewel to be worthy of it.

wanted to know." "It's better not to know. It's better never to know. Better to leave things as they are. Not push and pry and poke." "You want beauty," said Hercule Poirot. "Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth I want. Always truth." Michael

Here again, she was amazingly clever. Without make-up of any kind, her features seemed to dissolve suddenly and re-form themselves into those of a famous politician, or a well-known actress, or a society beauty. In each character she gave a short typical speech. These speeches, by the way, were remarkably clever. They seemed to hit off every weakness of the subject selected.

I think trees are much nicer than people, more restful.

I speak to you for you will understand. We bought that screen with more than money--with love. For love of it, because it was beautiful and unique, we went without other things, things we needed and missed. These other Chinese pieces my husband speaks of, those we should buy with money only, we should not pay away anything of ourselves.

Ahh it rejoices the heart. Nothing here offends the eye" ~Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)

The delicate exotic flower has to have the shelter of the greenhouse—it cannot endure the cold winds. It is the common weed that thrives in the wintry air—but it is not to be prized higher on that account.