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Quote by Walter Benjamin
The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. – Walter Benjamin

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Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information — hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. – Walter Benjamin

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My everyday job is about superficial beauty, but when Im not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty – I read a lot, I try to learn. – Bar Refaeli

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Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. – Kevyn Aucoin

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Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! – Henry David Thoreau

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The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them. – Ninon de LEnclos

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