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Beauty of
whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably
excites the sensitive soul to tears.
-- Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1845, American Poet,
Critic, short-story Writer
Beauties in
vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight,
but merit wins the soul.
-- Alexander Pope
1688-1744, British Poet,
Critic, Translator
The real sin
against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own
--even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care
and we are responsible for its well-being.
-- Katherine Anne Porter
1890-1980, American
short-story Writer, Novelist
Beauty is the
still birth of suffering, every woman knows that.
-- Emily Prager
1948-, American Journalist,
Author
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A poor beauty
finds more lovers than husbands.
-- English Proverb
Sayings of British Origin
Beauty,
unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.
-- French Proverb
Sayings of French Origin
The loveliest
faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with
the eye and half with the fancy.
-- Persian Proverb
Sayings of Persian Origin
Beauty is a
good letter of introduction.
-- Portuguese Proverb
Sayings of Portuguese Origin
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