"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour." ― W. Somerset Maugham Topic(s): Beauty More From W. Somerset Maugham "An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones." "Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets." "Only a mediocre person is always at his best." More In Beauty "Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well."― Eugene Ionesco "Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world."― Polykarp Kusch "We first fought… in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change."― Serj Tankian