Quote by Matthew Prior
For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance o

For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine. – Matthew Prior

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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined – the impression was overwhelming. – Howard Carter

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Beauty is the still birth of suffering, every woman knows that. – Emily Prager

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For me beauty is valued more than anything – the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity. – Oscar Niemeyer

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