Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony. Beauty lies in harmony, in style, whether it be the harmony of ugliness or beauty, vice or virtue.

Yevgeny Zamyatin
Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony....
Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony....
Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony....
Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony....
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Another quote from Aesop that's often misquoted is "Beauty lies in harmony, in style, whether it be the harmony of ugliness or beauty, vice or virtue." The real meaning of the quote is that both beauty and ugliness are achieved through harmony.

Source: Islanders And, The Fisher Of Men

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