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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnif

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli
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I repeat… that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli

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power
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But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground. – Pope Paul VI

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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. – Sophia Loren

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Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism. – Matthew Fox

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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. – Charlie Chaplin

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Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights. – Renee Fleming

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History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. – Ronald Reagan

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High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this. – Diane Wakoski

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