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“Where is truth, forsooth, and who knoweth it? Is Beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so? Does Venus squint? Has she got a splay-foot, red hair, and a crooked back? Anoint my eyes, good Fairy Puck, so that I may ever consider the Beloved Object a paragon! Above all, keep on anointing my mistress's dainty peepers with the very strongest ointment, so that my noddle may ever appear lovely to her, and that she may continue to crown my honest ears with fresh roses!”

Source: The Virginians: Christie's Collections

“I like old people when they have aged well. And old houses with an accumulation of sweet honest living in them are good. And the timelessness that only the passing of Time itself can give to objects both inside and outside the spirit is a continuing reassurance.”

People Giving Wells Spirit Time House Honest Objects Sweet Aging Passing Passings Continuing Old People Accumulation Reassurance Timelessness Old Houses Inside And Outside Honest Living

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“... our objects, bibelots, whatnots, and knickknacks-say the most about who we are. They are as honest as a diary.”

Honest Design Objects Who We Are Diaries Interior Design

Author:Charlotte Moss

“The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.”

Should Individual Honest Objects Greed Humanitarian Saving Motive Consideration Labour

Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

“America is a simplified ideological abstraction, an emotive symbol represented by other abstract symbols like the flag. It is the object of a faithlike devotion, unencumbered by honest history.”

America Honest Objects Devotion Symbols Abstract Flags Abstraction Ideological

Book:Superpatriotism

Source: Superpatriotism

“I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of intimacy and sexuality. The object of my game is to bring nonjudgmental, multicultural understanding to the challenges and choices of modern relationships.”

People Want Desire Choices Games Understanding Challenges Modern Honest Objects Conversation Sexuality Intimacy Enlightened Erotic Provocative Multicultural Intricacy

Author:Esther Perel