Those who govern having much business on their hands do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom but forced by the occasion.

The arts quite simply nourish the soul. They sustain comfort inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.

Beauty the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.

One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom the poetic passion the desire of beauty the love of art for its own sake has most.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past but beauty is the promise of the future.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous and illy bears the presence of a rival.

In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.