Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. - Quotes, Quotations & Sayings by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Date of birth: 1803-05-25

Date of death: 1882-04-27

Quotes number: 245

Nationality: American

Profession: Poet

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