Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Beauty appears when truth reflects perfectly upon itself.
- In plain terms
- Beauty is truth smiling at itself.
- What can you take from it?
- See beauty as truth reflecting perfectly.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is beauty always true?
- What makes truth beautiful?
Another view
Beauty can exist independently of truth or logic.
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