“He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them. He admired her hands and arms, naked to the shoulder, and whatever was hidden from view he imagined more beautiful still.”
Fred’s post about Audrey Hepburn got me thinking about beautiful women, and for some reason this is one of my favorite quotes on the subject. It sounds better in Latin, though.
“Videt igne micantes
sideribus similes oculos, videt oscula, quae non
est vidisse satis; laudat digitosque manusque
bracchiaque et nudos media plus parte lacertos.
Siqua latent, meliora putat.”
Siqua latent, meliora putat — one of my favorite lines in all of poetry
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 1. ~500
