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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity
Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly. Despotism in a government is insanity; in woman, fantasy
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly
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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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