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19773 | Without love, what use is beauty? [Rousseau] |
Full Idea: Where there is no love, what use is beauty? | |
From: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Discourse on the Origin of Inequality [1754], Part I) | |
A reaction: Rousseau seems to be thinking of sexual attractiveness, but the aphorism seems to have universal application. |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
Full Idea: In singing and playing the lyre, a boy will be likely to reveal not only courage and moderation, but also justice. | |
From: Damon (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B4), quoted by (who?) - where? |