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As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

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Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most. ↗

— St. Jerome

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. ↗

— Plautus

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Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. ↗

— George Santayana

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You’ll probably fall in & out of love at least a dozen times…the wrong way…to love THAT ONE…the right way…YOU! ↗

— s.jones

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This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments. ↗

— Johann Arndt

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Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. ↗

— James Montgomery

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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. ↗

— Epictetus

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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. ↗

— Robert Burns

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