“ Beauty has always been and always will be all-powerful. ”
Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After (1845). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
|---|---|
| Source | Twenty Years After |
| Topic | beauty |
| Date | 1845 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1259/pg1259-images.html |
Context
“By a lucky chance the pen was tolerably good and Raoul began to write. The host remained standing in front of him, looking with a kind of involuntary admiration at his handsome face, combining both gravity and sweetness of expression. Beauty has always been and always will be all-powerful.
“He’s not a guest like the other one here just now,” observed mine host to Olivain, who had rejoined his master to see if he wanted anything, “and your young master has no appetite.”
“My master had appetite enough three days ago, but what can one do?”
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