external allure Quotes

Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.

Men aren’t attracted to me by my mind. They’re attracted by what I don’t mind.

How unjust life is, to make physical charm so immediately apparent or absent, when one can get away with vices untold for ever.

Women have, in general, but ne object, which is their beauty; upon which, scarce any flattery is too gross for them to swallow.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.

It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.

I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon.

I’m a shallow, shallow boy. Hey, it helps that you’re pretty. It brings out the nice guy in me. Makes me what to share my cookies with you.