Pure
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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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