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Barry Cornwall

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

Beauty

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The quote expresses how human beauty is an illusion that can mislead people into giving up their time and dreams for it. It highlights the idea that pursuing beauty might cause us to waste what really matters in life.

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