Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is gracefu…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.21, North Atlantic Books
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