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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity,

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. – Arthur Helps

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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. – Arthur Helps

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