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Beauty, Iain Pears

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The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind. (Marco) ― Iain Pears , An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998) 악마는 인류를 타락시키기 위해 아름다운 모습으로 변할 수 있습니다. ― 이언 피어스 (Iain Pears), 옥스퍼드의 4증인 (An Instance of the Fingerpost)

Mystery, Jorge Luis Borges

I have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification. - Jorge Luis Borges, "Unworthy", In Praise of Darkness (1969), tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mystery

Happiness, Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids (1998) by Joseph A. Michelli, p. 88. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Happiness