a thing of beauty is a joy forever

Something beautiful will give pleasure long after it ceases to exist. This phrase is taken from John Keats' poem Endymion. Thoughts of blooming flowers sustain me through the cold winter months. Truly, a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

See also: beauty, forever, joy, of, thing

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Prov. Beautiful things give pleasure that lasts even longer than the beautiful things themselves. (This is a line from John Keats's poem "Endymion." Also a thing of beauty and a joy forever, used to describe something beautiful in lofty terms, often ironically.) Jill: I don't understand why someone would pay millions of dollars to have some old painting. Jane: Because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

See also: beauty, forever, joy, of, thing

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Paavo	PAH:-vo (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Ceolmund	-	Anglo-Saxon
BogusŁAwa	baw-guw-SWAH-vah	Polish
Da	-	Chinese
VĚNceslav	-	Czech (Rare)
Alvah	AL-və (English)	Biblical