Art, Will Rogers

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

- Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo

Beauty, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I have always believed that good is only beauty but into practice.

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

Beauty, Anatole France

If I were called upon to choose between beauty and truth, I should not hesitate; I should hold to beauty, being confident that it bears within it a truth both higher and sdeeper than truth itself. I will go so far as to say there is nothing true in the world save beauty.

- Anatole France (Francois Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924)

Beauty, Sappho

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon also be beautiful.

- Sappho (Σαπφώ)

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http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/59712.Sappho