Quote by Saint Augustine
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not thi

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. – Saint Augustine

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It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine

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Men
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. – Saint Augustine

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I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. – Brigitte Bardot

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I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. – Bob Dylan

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Beauty

What sort of sap doesnt know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway? – Julie Burchill

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Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. – Marguerite Gardiner

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. – Quentin Crisp

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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength. – Lao Tzu

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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer

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He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the tracks end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive… – James Agee

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