“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ”

— Oscar Wilde

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

Kent Thiry (1956) Business; CEO of DaVita

Leadership Is in the Eyes of the Led, Says Thiry http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/vftt_thiry.html (2007)

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

“Well, beauty’s in the eye of the beholder… It’s all subjective. I’m kind of shy about it, but I’ll take it.”

Marisa Miller (1978) American model

http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44921/marisa-miller.html

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face like a rucksack full of dented bells.”

Charlie Brooker (1971) journalist, broadcaster and writer from England

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“I feel beautiful in love. There is a lot of love for you in the beholder's eye. That makes you feel very happy.”

Rani Mukerji (1978) Indian film actress

http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/interviews/rani-mukerji-talks-about-her-equation-aishwarya-abhishek-kajol-aamir.
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“A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”

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“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.”

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in The Alchemist of Happiness

“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.”

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“There's time enough.
Behold, in the lout's eye, love.”

Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) American poet

"I Cry, Love! Love!," ll. 33-39
Praise to the End! (1951)
Context: Beginnings start without shade,
Thinner than minnows.
The live grass whirls with the sun,
Feet run over the simple stones,
There's time enough.
Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ”

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