Beauty Quote by Marcel Proust Download Open image “If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.” — Marcel Proust ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Beauty Elegance Pure Sake
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven't washed away. I'm always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and frankness. I may not cut a stylish figure, but… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share
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“machinery' of life at Versailles; and was able, too, to persuade herself that her silence, a shade of good humour or of arrogance on… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
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