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" I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty. "

Edgar Allan Poe

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" Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. "

" Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. "

" Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. "

" Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation. "

" Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty. "

" For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go together as subjective experiences, and it's a straw man to set God up as the delusion. If he is, then so is truth itself or beauty itself. "

" Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful. "

" Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while. "

" When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out. "

Donatella Versace

" Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal. "

Dante Alighieri

" Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in. "

" Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. "

" The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly. "

" I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness available in the human experience. "

" 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. "

" By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created. "

" Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those. I played the guitar and sang - and lost. "

" Chris Cornell painted in song the darkness and beauty of life in Seattle. "

" Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise. "

Marcus Aurelius

" As a Californian, I feel lucky to live in what is truly the Golden State - a place of sunshine, agricultural bounty, natural beauty, technological innovation, and boundless optimism. "

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" Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. "

" Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up. "

Christopher McCandless

" Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. "

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Walter Dean Myers

" I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate. "