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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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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. – Samuel Butler

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If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. – Samuel Butler

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. – Thomas Jefferson

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This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. Thats what its all about and thats why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. Thats the beauty of the cup. – Ian Rush

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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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Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. – Pearl S. Buck

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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only. – Agnes Smedley

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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we dont know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. – Anais Nin

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There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records? – Ellie Goulding

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The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau

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