The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

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"No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic."

- John Kenneth Galbraith

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"There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting."

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

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