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Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be ex

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow. – Samuel Johnson

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

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My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created. – Dita Von Teese

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I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally dont expect it. – Jean Paul Gaultier

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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. – Thomas Kincade

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