Quote by Thomas Mann
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar a

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd. – Thomas Mann

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Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent. – Thomas Mann

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The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life. – Thomas Mann

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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. – Lord Chesterfield

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What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. – Lisa Bonet

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You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. – Anouk Aimee

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I dont believe in one ideal beauty. – Zac Posen

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