Faults are beauties, when survey'd by love.
Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.
In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times.
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.
The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.
Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.
