My dear Kacvey,
How “Beauty” was defined in ancient Greece and Rome?
Diogenes: “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.”
Aristotle: “Good looks are the gift of god.”
Socrates: “Beauty is a short-lived reign.”
Plato: “Beauty is a natural superiority.”
Theophrastus: “Beauty is a mute deception.”
Theocritus: “Beauty is as an evil in an ivory setting.”
Carneades: “Beauty is a monarchy that needs no bodyguard.”
Ovid: “Beauty is a fragile gift.”
However,
Homer expanded: “In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare.”
Plautus contended: “I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewel. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.”
Juvenal rationalized: “Rare is the union of beauty and purity.”
Plutarch submitted: “Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
Meanwhile, in ancient China:
Confucius: “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”