Friday, September 20, 2013

Autumn, Percy Bysshe Shelley


There is a harmony. In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard or seen, As if it could not be, as if it had not been!

- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)


DescriptionPercy Bysshe Shelley, by Alfred Clint (died 1883). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
DateOriginal in 1819
SourceNational Portrait Gallery, London: NPG 1271
AuthorBy Alfred Clint (died 1883), after Amelia Curran (died 1847), and Edward Ellerker Williams (died 1822); cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:07, 16 September 2012 (UTC)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley_by_Alfred_Clint_crop.jpg

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Beauty, Western Proverb

Beauty draws more than oxen. - Western Proverb

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Beauty, Western Proverb

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. - Western Proverb

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)