“I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner.” Republic
To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it. Book IV
“The vulgar are always taken by what a thing seems to be.” The Prince
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
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