„There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful–many more.“

— Bjarne Stroustrup

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„Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.“
— Marcus Aurelius
„Thy grace, thy more than beauty,Shall be an endless theme of praise,And love — a simple duty.“
— Edgar Allan Poe
„For myself I would say that more than the interest and uses of the study of Welsh as an adminicle of English philology, more than the practical linguist's desire to acquire a knowledge of Welsh for the enlargement of his experience, more even than the interest and worth of the literature, older and newer, that is preserved in it, these two things seem important: Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.“
— Dorothy Parker
„Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty…“
— Louisa May Alcott