"Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty……" — John Hay

"Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel."

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16 Quotes by John Hay

John Hay has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just…
Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.
The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.
At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.
There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees,…
Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.
There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats,…
It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we…
Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends…
The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends…
What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the…
Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry? Choose whom you may, you will find you have…

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More Beauty Quotes

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Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty;… — David Attenborough
Beauty has a lot to do with character. — Kevyn Aucoin
Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an… — Kevyn Aucoin
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You… — Kevyn Aucoin
That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty… — Kevyn Aucoin
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. — Kevyn Aucoin
Love is the beauty of the soul. — Saint Augustine

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