Mehmet Murat IldanIf you can add a great beauty to something which is already beautiful, then you must be very beautiful like a white swan adding beauty to a misty lake!
About This Quote
A quote from a Chinese poem which is believed to have been written in the 12th century. In the poem, the poet is describing a beautiful girl who is sitting in a lake with a white swan. The poet goes on to say that this girl is so beautiful that even the white swan needs to add its beauty to hers in order to make her more beautiful.
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