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bait
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Beauty without grace, is a hook without a bait.
Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos (1620-1705) French author, courtesan, patron of the arts [Ninon de Lenclos, Ninon de Lanclos]
The Memoirs of Ninon de L’Enclos, Vol. 1, “Life and Character” (1761)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson used almost precisely
the same phrase in "Beauty,"
The Conduct of Life (1860).
Added on 22-Jul-20 | Last updated 22-Jul-20
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Topics: attraction, bait, beauty, grace, trap
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BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
Added on 3-Jun-20 | Last updated 3-Jun-20
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Topics: attraction, bait, beauty, trap
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Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist, critic
Epistle 13 “To My Honoured Kinsman, John Driden of Chesterton” (1699)
Added on 18-Apr-14 | Last updated 17-Jul-17
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Topics: abstinence, argument, bait, resistance, temptation, trap
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