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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

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room. – Virginia Woolf

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War
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Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say. – Virginia Woolf

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Truth
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The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. – Virginia Woolf

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I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better. – Hayden Panettiere

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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beautys, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. Its legendary! – Gail Simmons

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I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings. – Ella R. Bloor

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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard

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The taxpayer – thats someone who works for the federal government but doesnt have to take the civil service examination. – Ronald Reagan

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Women are always beautiful. – Ville Valo

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You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice. – Japanese Proverb

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