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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued
The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder
Beauty is the promise of happiness
Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty
An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to beauty
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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