Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble, in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves or rather l

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

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