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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty
Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart
Trust not too much to beauty
Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
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
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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."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
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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