Quote#Beauty
The human face is the organic seat of beauty.... It is the register…
Quote byEliza Farnham · 1815–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Woman and Her Era (1864), pt. 1, ch. 1.
English (original)
The human face is the organic seat of beauty.... It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.
— Eliza Farnham
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