Thursday, August 13, 2026

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-8

 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-8                             

The present compilation of Shakespearean quotes relate to ‘Beauty’. However, most quotes of the day associate beauty with women. So, these quotes imply more than what meets our judgment.

“For where is any author in this world, Teaches such beauty as woman’s eye?”

Though ‘beauty’ can be defined in terms-subjective, the eyes of women make us understand ‘beauty’ in far more clear a perception –a genuine experience [of what beauty is] .

“Beauty lies with kindness”

Quite a few ideas are embedded in this quote that reads so simple on the face of it. There are two facets in every human –be it man or woman. Either has the physical structure [manifest in appearance] and another –the mental frame that shares human emotions to varied degrees irrespective of the exterior form [that constitutes the appearance/look behind ‘beauty’. So, the suggestion is ‘beauty’ is not in looks; it is the humane touch of ‘kindness’ conferring genuine beauty to the kind minded. Also, the physical would wither and lose appeal while the kindness of a person would be remembered by all.

So, “Beauty lies with kindness”

“Beauty is bought by the judgment of the eye”

The above quote of Shakespeare is the foundation for the later expression ‘Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder’  Another brilliant suggestion that beauty is a perception [subjective] so, how does one view something truly means the most; or, what appeals for beauty to someone may not at all be viewed the same by another. So, beauty is a matter of judgment by a viewer.

 “She is beautiful therefore to be wooed: she is a woman therefore to be won”

This quote means more than one thing at a time. It refers to two facets of women -1] an object of curious attraction for men [a temptation for ‘woooing’ a woman],  2]  It implies that many men may try to win her ‘love’ however only if  she is convinced of someone’s affection, she could be won. Attempts of winning a woman is more by winning her  ‘trust’.

“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator”

‘An elegant quote which portrays the idea that any good product would sell itself without any aggressive ‘marketing’ [ sale effort or oratory]. A person of beauty stands in gaze even without any preaching or ‘promotion’

I trust the day’s quotes give adequate clarity on the chosen theme ‘beauty’.

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