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A beautiful
form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher
pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the
fine arts.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
As soon as
beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for
pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
Beauty is the
mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful;
every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and
the bystanders to shine.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
Beauty is the
pilot of the young soul.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
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Beauty rests
on necessities.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
The line of
beauty is the line of perfect economy.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
We ascribe
beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous
parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related
to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
Beauty ought
to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best
suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who
accepts her position as her due -- she reminds us too much
of a prima donna.
-- Edward M. Forster
1879-1970, British Novelist,
Essayist
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