W. Somerset MaughamThe ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.
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The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them. The ideal of beauty has many different names. For example, there is the ideal of beauty represented in art. There is the ideal of beauty represented in literature.
There are ideals of beauty in politics, law, economics, etc. The same is true for ideals for living life. They can be referred to as self-discipline, self-control, self-reliance, self-respect, self-development, etc., or something else entirely.
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