Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique. – Minna Antrim

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