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- Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
- Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes
- Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. — George Henry Lewes
- Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes