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Quote by Jean Paul
Beauty attracts us men but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed,

Beauty attracts us men but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power. – Jean Paul

Other quotes by Jean Paul

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. – Jean Paul

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The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. – Jean Paul

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I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China. – Jung Chang

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I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable. – Tom Ford

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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. – George Henry Lewes

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I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after. – Wallace Stevens

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