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Beauty fades5 quotes
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.
For women are as roses, whose fair flower,
Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour. — William Shakespeare · 1602Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne · 1631Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Don't bank too much on your complexion, lovely boy. — Virgil · 37 BCBeauty4 quotes
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne · 1631Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Don't bank too much on your complexion, lovely boy. — Virgil · 37 BCAging1 quote
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Fading love1 quote
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne · 1631Genius1 quote
Genius lasts longer than Beauty. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Good looks1 quote
Don't bank too much on your complexion, lovely boy. — Virgil · 37 BCLove1 quote
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. — John Donne · 1631The ephemeral1 quote
Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764