"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul."
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"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."
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"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile."
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"Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time."
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"One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques-especially to mosques."
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"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."
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"Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up."
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"Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst."
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"Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed."
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"The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face."
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"Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love"
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"I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great."
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"People will stare. Make it worth their while."
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"When you possess light within, you see it externally."
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"Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime."
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"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."
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"Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it."
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"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."
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"I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly."
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"Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."
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