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The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

Beauty is only sin deep

Beauty is only sin deep

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight...

Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight...

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can,...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

There is nothing more beautiful in the world than a healthy wise old man

There is nothing more beautiful in the world than a healthy wise old man

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing.

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing.

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...