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We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluou

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. – Baruch Spinoza

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Beauty is not just physical. – Halle Berry

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