Quote#Beauty
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the…
Quote byMark Hopkins · 1802–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 113..
English (original)
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surface of life that is from the central force of principle within, as the beauty on the cheek of health is from the central force at the heart.
— Mark Hopkins
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