"Tis the eternal law, That first in beauty should be first in might."
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"Beauty's a doubtful good, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour; And beauty, blemish'd once, for ever's lost, In spite of physic, painting, pain, and cost."
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"The entire most beautiful order of things that are very good, when their measures have been accomplished, is to pass away."
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"We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place where the beauty of nature and the noblest pursuits of man are in a sweet harmony."
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"Does not beauty confer a benefit upon us, even by the simple fact of being beautiful?"
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"There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly."
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"The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary."
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"I pretty much only write by default, because I want to make certain projects so instead of trying to wait and find them, I create them, but I'm not really a writer."
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"The six great gifts of an Irish girl are beauty, soft voice, sweet speech, wisdom, needlework, and chastity."
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"Beauty is like an almanack: if it lasts a year it is well."
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"Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't."
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"It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves."
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"It's easy to be beautiful - just be born that way."
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"Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty."
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"I can't stop pointing to the beauty. Every moment and place says, 'Put this design in your carpet!'"
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"You define beauty for yourself, society doesn’t define your beauty. Your spirit and your faith defines your beauty."
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"It must be recess in (heaven) if St. Peter is lettin his angels out."
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"Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time."
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"There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way."
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"Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life."
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