Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Those who see beauty may not live long. Beauty might attract danger or be tied to brevity.
- In plain terms
- Recognizing beauty shortens life.
- What can you take from it?
- Beauty may come with high costs.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is beauty dangerous?
- What costs beauty exact?
Another view
Beauty does not necessarily shorten life in all contexts.
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