People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they u…

W. Somerset Maugham
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People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity. They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2009). The Moon and Sixpence, p.264, The Floating Press
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