Tom Stoppard's Quote - Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard

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