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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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I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold. – Howard Lindsay

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Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because shes beautiful but dont have anything to talk about, its going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person. – Amanda Peet

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And queenly is the state she keeps, In beautys lofty trust secure. – William Allen Butler

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If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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