Quote by Virginia Woolf
The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. – Virginia Woolf

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It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. – Virginia Woolf

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Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women? – Virginia Woolf

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This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say. – Virginia Woolf

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Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. – L. Wolfe Gilbert

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Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. – Christian Dior

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Once you go inside and weed through the muck, you will find the real beauty, the truth about yourself. – Lindsay Wagner

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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. – Richard Steele

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