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Quote by John Dryden
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on th

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. – John Dryden

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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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By education most have been misled So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man. – John Dryden

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – John Dryden

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Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty — they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. – Martin Buxbaum

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Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete? – Tony Kushner

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Its not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. – Euripides

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My daily beauty regimen is definitely always in the mornings, and at night, always washing my face with a basic cleanser. I also use a moisturizer with SPF to follow up. – Shay Mitchell

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