#beauty

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? ↗

— Paul Gauguin

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Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes. ↗

— John Lone

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What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

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Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty? ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#bounds #joy #oh #range #set

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#greatest #man