Friday, August 9, 2013

Sagacity, Western Proverb


It is not every flower that smells sweet.

- Western Proverb

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Beauty, Russian Proverb


A fair is a skin's deep.

- Russian Proverb

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Beauty, Latin Proverb


When the rose dies, the thorn is left behind.

- Latin Proverb

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Beauty, Western Proverb


A rose is sweeter in the bud than full blown.

- English Proverb, Western Proverb

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Beuty, Zhuangzi



毛嬙、麗姬,人之所美也,魚見之深入,鳥見之高飛,麋鹿見之決驟。

- 莊子, 齊物論

Mao Qiang(毛嬙) and Li Ji(麗嬉) were accounted by men to be most beautiful, but when fishes saw them, they dived deep in the water from them; when birds, they flew from them aloft; and when deer saw them, they separated and fled away.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Adjustment of Controversies (齊物論)


http://ctext.org/zhuangzi/adjustment-of-controversies

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Beauty, Sailor Moon


It's sad that a selfish woman like you will never know how wonderful being in love is! Your beautiful world of ice will just be a dark land of death! How could a world without life be beautiful?

- Sailor Moon

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Beauty, George Orwell


That is her style of beauty.

- George Orwell (1903-1950)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Beauty, Scott Westerfeld, Uglies


What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

Scott Westerfeld (1963- ), Uglies

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Beauty, Anne Frank


Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

- Anne Frank (1929-1945)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Beauty, Marilyn Monroe


We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)