“O scenes of the beautiful world! Never have you presented yourself to more appreciative eyes.”

— Thomas Mann, book Confessions of Felix Krull

Bk. 2, Ch. 4
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man (1954)

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German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate 1875–1955

Paul Moon James (1780–1854) British poet and banker

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

“[Nature] only give it you, when you carefully consider its majesty and greatness. Does it not present beautiful scenes in front of your eyes that impossibly could be described to you by somebody else?…. [scenes], which you can try to realize afterwards in your room on the canvas or panel.”

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862) painter from the Northern Netherlands

translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek <br class="br">(original Dutch, citaat van B.C. Koekkoek:) [de natuur] alleen schenkt u die bij eene aandachtige beschouwing harer majesteit en grootheid.. .Spreidt zij geene prachttaferelen voor uw oog ten toon, die onmogelijk een ander u zou kunnen beschrijven?. ..die gij naderhand op uwe kamer op het doek of paneel kunt trachten te verwezenlijken. <br class="br">Quote of Koekkoek, 1841: in: Herinneringen aan en Mededeelingen van eenen Landschapschilder, as cited in 'Andreas Schelfhout Onsterfelijk schoon', p. 35 https://www.simonis-buunk.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/catalogus_schelfhout.pdf

“There is space for you in this world and the world is waiting for you to PERFECT yourself and PRESENT yourself.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer

https://naijagists.com/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-wisdom-quotes-top-20-motivational-quotes-sayings-omosexy/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking on Success.

“O great wide beautiful wonderful World
With the wonderful waters around you curled
And the beautiful grass upon your breast
O World you are beautifully dressed.”

John Crowley (1942) American writer

Bk. 1, Ch. 2
Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament (1981)

“No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England. It had never been seen before by European eyes; but scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.”

David Livingstone (1813–1873) Scottish explorer and missionary

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1039/1039-h/1039-h.htm

“O World, why do you wish to persecute me?
How do I offend you, when I intend
only to fix beauty in my intellect,
and never my intellect fix on beauty?”

Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695) Nun, scholar and poet in New Spain

¿En perseguirme, mundo, qué interesas?
¿En qué te ofendo, cuando sólo intento
poner bellezas en mi entendimiento
y no mi entendimiento en las bellezas?
Sonnet 146, as translated by Edith Grossman in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works (2014)

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone”

Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) British actress

“O this world is beautiful because of you! To love somebody means that we're closer to God.”

Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

O diese Welt ist schön durch dich! Die Liebe zu einem Menschen führt uns Gott näher.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)

“There is the world for you. Beauty, true beauty, is intangible. It is in the eye of the beholder. Something that we can lose at any moment, and the more you examine it, the more illusive it becomes. True happiness is virtue, and virtue is predicated on knowledge and righteous conduct.”

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic

in The Alchemist of Happiness

“O the one who is as dear as life to Rāma, O the delightful one, O the power of Rāma, O the one with eyes like lotuses, O queen, O Sītā, grant me the most beautiful devotion towards Rāma. ॥ 14.28 ॥”

Rāmabhadrācārya (1950) Hindu religious leader

rāmaprāṇapriye rāme rame rājīvalocane ।
rāhi rājñi ratiṃ ramyāṃ rāme rājani rāghave ॥
Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam

“O scenes of the beautiful world! Never have you presented yourself to more appreciative eyes.”

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