Anton Chekhov: Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy that which he cannot make?

Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy th — Anton Chekhov

Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy that which he cannot make?

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Sin became a luxury, a flower set in her hair, a diamond fastened on her brow. — Émile Zola
La beauté n'est que la promesse du bonheur. — Stendhal
Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Beauty is its own excuse. — John Greenleaf Whittier
It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. — Miguel de Unamuno
The bird does not perch on the rose bush because there is a rose: it perches on — Jules Renard
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of — Edmund Burke
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave — William Ralph Inge