A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad. ✨…

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A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1410, Delphi Classics
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A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.1410, Delphi Classics

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