Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“Few women's merit lasts as long as their beauty.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il y a peu de femmes dont le mérite dure plus que la beauté.
Maxim 474.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings.”
Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) Irish writer
Source: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. IV, p. 132
“I love beautiful women, and beautiful women love me. It has to be both ways.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Interview with Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan in (November 2003).
2000s
“I never thought I’d feel wind again. I never thought I’d be outside. It’s so beautiful.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Amos glanced around the ruins and shrugged. “That’s got a lot to do with context, I guess.”
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 26 (p. 280)
“I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it.”
Anne Rice book The Queen of the Damned
Source: The Queen of the Damned
“Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.”
Mark Z. Danielewski book House of Leaves
Source: House of Leaves
“Genius lasts longer than beauty”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
