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Quote by Max Beerbohm
The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own. – Max Beerbohm

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But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content. – Anne Boyd

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I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty. – Martina McBride

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