"Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Beauty More From Ambrose Bierce "Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money." "The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up." "Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country." More In Beauty "Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest."― Christian Dior "I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming."― Linda Evans "Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time."― Albert Camus