“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Source: 1830s, Nature http://www.emersoncentral.com/nature.htm (1836), Ch. 3, Beauty
“Wealth is no mark of God's favour. Poverty is no mark of God's displeasure.”
Vol. II, Luke XVI: 19–31, p. 212
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)
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