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To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beau

To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty. – Samuel Butler

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A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler

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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. – Samuel Butler

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Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative. – Susie Orbach

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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. – Edward F. Halifax

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Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1852 June 11th

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The perception of beauty is a moral test. – Henry David Thoreau

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