“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
“Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
“Having a weapon you do not know how to use is better than having nothing at all, but not by much. -Kanin”
“Why do you haggle your beauty?” I asked. “Why don’t you just live withit?” “Because people think it’s all I have. Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. Youdon’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you you know it’s forsomething else.”
“You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.”