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Beauty: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good, A shining gloss that vadeth suddainly, A flower that dies, when first it 'gins to bud, A brittle glass that's broken presently. A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, vaded, broken, dead, within an hour. Poems Shakespration Dictionary.

By Jupiter, an angel! or, if not,— Cym. iii. 6.

An earthly paragon! A wither'd hermit, five score winters worn, eye.— L. L. iv. 3.

Might shake off fifty looking in her . The most peerless piece of earth, I think,— W.T. v. 1.

That e'er the sun shone bright on 'Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white cunning hand laid , Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on : on : Lady, you are the cruellest she alive the If you will lead these graces to the grave, grave,— T. N i. 5

And leave the world no copy.— T. i. 2.

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. locks Her sunny locks— M. V. i. 1.

Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. As plays the sun upon the glassy streams; beam, Twinkling another counterfeited beam, to mine So seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyes. eyes.— H. VI. PT. I. v. 3.

This is such a creature, Would she begin a sect, might quench the zeal proselytes . Of all professors else; make— W.T. v. 1

Of who she but bid follow I saw her once Hop forty paces through the public street And having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted, That she did make defect perfection,— A. C. ii. 2

And, breathless, power breathe forth. All hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negociate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, melteth into Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. M.A.ii. I— blood. M. A. ii. 1

She speaks :- O speak again, bright angel! for thou art being o'er my As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, head, of heaven As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes gaze on him , Of mortals, that fall back to gaze on him, clouds, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing— R. J. ii 2

And sails upon the bosom of the air. O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! of night Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night ear; Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's— R. J. i. 5

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. Shakesprarian Dictionary. Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not utter'd by Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. L. L. ii. 1. She's a most exquisite lady.— O. ii. 3.

She's beautiful; and therefore to be woo'd: She is a woman ; therefore to be won. H. VI. PT. I. v.— H.VI. PT. I. v. 3.

It shall be inventoried; and every particle, and utensil, labelled to my will; as, item , two lips, indifferent red; item, two grey eyes, with lids to them; item, one neck, one chin, and so forth.— T. N. i. 4.

I know a wench of excellent discourse, Pretty, and witty; wild, and yet, too, gentle.— C. E. iii. 1.

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.— A.Y. i. 3.

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths a glass. in a glass. made mouths— K. L. iii. 2.

When in the chronicle of wasted time, I see beauty descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rime, making beautiful old rime, In praise in the blazon of of ladies dead, and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's hest, sweet beauty's hest, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, see their antique I see their antique pen would have expressed pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now. Poem— AND DECEIT

O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st, A damned saint , an honourable villain!- O, nature !-what had'st thou to do in hell, When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh? Was ever book, containing such vile matter, So fairly bound ? O, that deceit should dwell In such a gorgeous palace!— R. J. iii. 2.

O beauty! where's thy faith!— T.C. v. 2

And Honesty

Honesty coupled to beauty, is to have honey sauce to sugar.— A. V. iii. 3