Eliphas Levi Quote

Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflections of the eternal. All beauty alters and all life melts away; in short, everything passes with marvelous rapidity; beautiful Helen of Troy has become a toothless skull, then a handful of dust, then nothing.

The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled (ed. Weiser Books, 2000) - ISBN: 9781609254216