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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. - George Jean Nathan

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. – George Jean Nathan

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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! – Oliver Goldsmith

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