Beauty had this penalty -- it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life -- froze it. One forgot the little agitations; the flush, the pallor, some queer distortion, some light or shadow, which made the face unrecognisable for a moment and yet added a quality one saw for ever after. It was simpler to smooth that all out under the cover of beauty. To the Lighthouse
Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth. Fragment
"Well, am I to humor them, these provincial aristocrats? Fathers and Sons
“As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.” The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
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