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

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Religion
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. – Samuel Butler

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Life
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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Dreams
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Other Quotes from
Beauty
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I know that Ive got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But Im happy with myself. Im not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here. – Clay Aiken

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For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. – George Gissing

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Beauty

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection. – Conrad Hall

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Beauty

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mothers voice and smile. – Jennifer Garner

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Beauty

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I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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