“The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round,
That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.”

—  Hafez

Source: Odes, CXLIII, in Hafiz of Shiraz: Selections from his Poems, translated from the Persian, by Herman Bicknell (1875), p. 197; quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 59

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update March 28, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round, That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profoun…" by Hafez?
Hafez photo
Hafez 4
Persian poet 1326–1389

Related quotes

William Makepeace Thackeray photo

“Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin
That never has known the barber’s shear,
All your wish is woman to win,
This is the way that boys begin.
Wait till you come to Forty Year.”

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) novelist

The Age of Wisdom, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Mary Augusta Ward photo

“Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.”

Robert Elsmere. Book vi. Chap. xxxviii, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

William Wordsworth photo

“Yet sometimes, when the secret cup
Of still and serious thought went round,
It seemed as if he drank it up,
He felt with spirit so profound.”

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet

Matthew.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky photo
Colin Wilson photo

“It seems that thought itself has a power for which it has never been given credit.”

Colin Wilson (1931–2013) author

Source: Frankenstein's Castle (1980), p. 16

Jean Rhys photo
Maurice Denis photo

“The profoundness of our emotions comes from the sufficiency of these lines and these colors to explain themselves.... everything is contained in the beauty of the work.”

Maurice Denis (1870–1943) French painter

Quote 1890, from Denis' essay published in the review 'Art et Critique'; as cited on Wikipedia: Maurice Denis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Denis - reference [13]
In August 1890, Denis consolidated his new ideas and presented them in a famous essay published in the review 'Art et Critique'. In his essay, he termed the new movement 'neo-traditionaism', in opposition to the 'progressism' of the Neo-impressionists, led by Seurat
1890 - 1920

Isaac Bashevis Singer photo
William Shakespeare photo

“Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.”

Variant: O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Source: Romeo and Juliet

Tanith Lee photo

“Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.”

Book 3 “The World’s Lure”, Chapter 5 “A Ship with Wings” (p. 167)
Tales from the Flat Earth, Night’s Master (1978)

Related topics