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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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These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. – Walter Benjamin

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Coercion may prevent many transgressions but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it. – Murray Kempton

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius

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I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men. – Albrecht Durer

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton

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There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

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