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“All beauty is in the long run only fineness of truth, or what we call expression, the finer accommodation of speech to that vision within.”

Book:Appreciations, With an Essay on Style

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Appreciations, With an Essay on Style

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Walter Pater

Walter Pater was a British essayist, critic, and poet, known for his influential literary criticism and contributions to the Aesthetic Movement. Born on August 4, 1839, and died on July 30, 1894, Pater's work had a significant impact on the development of modern literary theory and the appreciation of art and literature. more

“Anyone can have a pretty face, but the most beautiful things are the most fleeting. If we lived in a world of perpetual sunsets and cherry blossoms, they would become common and their colors would soon look dull. But for the evanescent moments that I exist, I am the most beautiful thing anyone has ever seen.”

Beauty Vanity Oscar Wilde Philosophy Of Beauty

Book:The Blood Orchid

Source: The Blood Orchid

“He thought of how he had been pursued and scorned, and now he heard them all say that he was the most beautiful of all beautiful birds.”

Beautiful Beauty Swan Hans Christian Andersen The Ugly Duckling

Book:The Ugly Duckling

Source: The Ugly Duckling

“It’s beyond your consciousness that your soul lingers with the person you love and hence your mood will affect the one you love. This is the reason why you sometimes sense your mood changing mysteriously with no reason.”

Romance Love Quotes Indian Fiction

Author:Udai Yadla

“You think she’s pretty?” “Well, sure, because she is.” “Not to me she ain’t. Truly pretty’s more than looks. She’s got a hard, cold edge can’t never be pretty. A piece of work, that one.”