Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothi…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (1930). Cakes and Ale
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (1930). Cakes and Ale

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