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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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. – Tom Stoppard

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I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someones face or body. – Devon Aoki

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Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events… and nothing is like the fights to me. Im excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job. – LeRoy Neiman

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Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherines beauty and Renees frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were. – Colleen Atwood

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The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana

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A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life. – Jean Ingelow

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Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotles Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. – Charles Van Doren

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