“I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.”
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“Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.”
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Paulo Coelho
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Manuscript Found in Accra
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), About Elegance
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