Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chi

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Religion
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Knowledge
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Marriage
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The beauty of voice-over work is that maybe you come in and record once every two weeks for a couple of hours and do a couple episodes a session. Its awesome! You spend an afternoon playing in the booth, and there you have it. It doesnt interfere with much. – Emmanuelle Chriqui

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We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty is whatever gives joy. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Im not a party animal I took my job as Miss USA very seriously… Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though Im a beauty queen, youre also an unofficial ambassador, and theres a lot of pressure. – Rima Fakih

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