"Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Beauty Tags: beauty, power More From Ambrose Bierce "Enthusiasm – a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience." "The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up." "Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead." More In Beauty "Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery."― Thomas Moore "If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?"― Maria Montessori "Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror."― Pamela Anderson