Quote by Vera Brittain
There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who w

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see. – Vera Brittain

Other quotes by Vera Brittain

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. – Vera Brittain

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Marriage
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All that a pacifist can undertake — but it is a very great deal — is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate. – Vera Brittain

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Peace
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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. – Christina Rossetti

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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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The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality. – Conan OBrien

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I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness. – Renee Vivien

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Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. – Julia Morgan

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Growing old is a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. – Andre Maurois

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Most women are not as young as they are painted. – Max Beerbohm

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