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Tom Stoppard

"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it."

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"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it."

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"The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers-much like a lady, aglow with grace, never grows tired of chivalrous acts or pretty flowers."

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"The beauty of this day doesn't depend on its lasting forever."

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"Beautiful isn't something you become. It's something you realize you are."

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"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow."

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"Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive."

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"What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness."

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"Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality."

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"The scent of flowers is the glory of gardens and the scent of art is the glory of Paris!"

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"However beautiful a morning may be, we still must not wish it to continue endlessly, because this shall mean missing forever all the beauties of the night!"

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

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