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They say to me, “A bird in the hand is worth ten in the bush.”
But I say, “A bird and a feather in the bush is worth more than ten birds in the hand.”
Your seeking after that feather is life with winged feet; nay, it is life itself.
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There are only two elements here, beauty and truth; beauty in the hearts of lovers, and truth in the arms of the tillers of the soil.
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Great beauty captures me, but a beauty still greater frees me even from itself.
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Beauty shines brighter in the heart of him who longs for it than in the eyes of him who sees it.
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