Beauty is a promise of happiness
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| '''"La beauté est une promesse de bonheur'''" (English: Beauty is a promise of happiness) is a dictum by [[Stendhal]]. It was first published as a footnote in his treatise ''[[On Love (Stendhal) |De l'amour]]'' (On Love). | '''"La beauté est une promesse de bonheur'''" (English: Beauty is a promise of happiness) is a dictum by [[Stendhal]]. It was first published as a footnote in his treatise ''[[On Love (Stendhal) |De l'amour]]'' (On Love). | ||
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"La beauté est une promesse de bonheur" (English: Beauty is a promise of happiness) is a dictum by Stendhal. It was first published as a footnote in his treatise De l'amour (On Love).
It is often misattributed to Edmund Burke.
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