Philip Sidney Quotes

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.

Even virtue is fairer in a fair body.

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

The probity that scintillizes in the superfices of your persons informs my ratiocinating faculty, in a most stupendous manner, of the radiant virtues latent within the precious caskets and ventricles of your minds.

Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul

I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.

It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

Don't get caught up in the 'look' thing. Sometimes, we as men and women, the first thing that attracts us to someone is their physical appearance, and that's not always a good thing because what's good on the outside is not always good on the inside.

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.

Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines not just writers but all human beings.

Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.