“But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare—rare it be;
And when I crumble, who will remember
This lady of the West Country?”
The quote "But beauty vanishes; beauty passes; However rare—rare it be; And when I crumble, who wi…" is famous quote attributed to Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), English poet and fiction writer.
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English poet and fiction writer 1873–1956Related quotes
“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”
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Source: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. XLI
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“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
De remediis utriusque fortunae (1354), Book II
“Models of manly beauty are rare out of novels, and seldom interesting in them.”
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