“Fashion is not a real element of beauty in external objects; and to persons who possess a good endowment of Form, Constructiveness and Ideality, intrinsic elegance is much more pleasing and permanently agreeable, than forms of less merit, recommended merely by being new. Hence there is a beauty which never palls, and there are objects over which fashion exercises no control.”
Quote by George Combe
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George Combe
George Combe, born on October 21, 1788, and died on August 14, 1858, was a prominent 19th-century British author, philosopher, and social reformer. He is known for his profound insights into human potential and his contributions to educational reform. more
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