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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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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. – Walter Benjamin

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Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well. – Eugene Ionesco

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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. – Laurence J. Peter

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Its not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer. – Robert Plant

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Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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