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Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither…

Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

It was when I was happiest that I longed most…The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing…to…

It was when I was happiest that I longed most…The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing…to find the place where all the beauty came from.

If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty. – Benjamin Franklin

If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.

Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you, and be happy. – Anne Frank

Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you, and be happy.

Beauty is a sign of intelligence. – Andy Warhol

Beauty is a sign of intelligence.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the…

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither…

Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

Beauty is not caused. It is. – Emily Dickinson

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Beauty is a sign of intelligence. – Andy Warhol

Beauty is a sign of intelligence.

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring! But beauty faded has no second spring. – Frank Moore Colby

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring! But beauty faded has no second spring.

I have always been offended by the song that says, ’Everything is beautiful in its own way.’ If everything is…

I have always been offended by the song that says, ’Everything is beautiful in its own way.’ If everything is beautiful, then the word ’beautiful’ has no meaning. If everything were purple, there would be no word ’purple’ in the language because it would not distinguish one thing from another.

In the Orthodox spiritual tradition, the ultimate moral question we ask is the following: Is what we are…

In the Orthodox spiritual tradition, the ultimate moral question we ask is the following: Is what we are doing, is what I am doing, beautiful or not?

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