Famous Quotes | Ask a toad what beauty is, the...

Ask a toad what beauty is, the supreme beauty, the to kalon. He will tell you it is his lady toad with her two big round eyes coming out of her little head, her large flat snout, yellow belly, brown back. - Voltaire [François Marie Arouet]
Attribution: Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778), French philosopher, author. Philosophical Dictionary (Dictionnaire philosophique), “Beauty” (”Beauté”) (1764). First sentence of article.

Categories: Appearances, Author, Beauty, Perspective, Philosopher

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