1. beats - Noun
2. Beats - Proper noun
a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
Source: WordNetA truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler
Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical. Georges Rouault
Good luck beats early rising. Irish Proverb
Rain beats on a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots. Ghana Proverb
Soft water on hard rock, beats so much that it perforates it. Portuguese Proverb