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Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostenta

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. – Marguerite Gardiner

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Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant? – Marguerite Gardiner

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I was always anti-marriage. I didnt understand monogamy. I couldnt figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone – of having a partner in life. – Maria Bello

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People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of consumption. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1852 June 11th

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It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton. – Charles Baudelaire

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