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Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it blast thee; nor too long, lest it blind thee; nor too near, lest it burn thee. If thou like it, it deceives thee; if thou love it, it disturbs thee; if thou hunt after it, it destroys thee. If virtue accompany it, it is the heart’s paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul’s purgatory. It is the wise man’s bonfire, and the fool’s furnace.
F. Quarles.
The point
Warns that beauty can bless or destroy depending on virtue or vice.
Scripture
1 Peter 3:3-4Proverbs 31:30
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Cautionary
To tell aloud
under a minute · 74 words
Subjects