The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Elegance is found in simplicity, and true beauty is often subtle and understated.
Henry Ward Beecher's quote emphasizes that true elegance is achieved by stripping away the unnecessary and embracing simplicity. When something is elegant, it tends to possess a refined quality that becomes more apparent as it becomes simpler, suggesting that the most beautiful expressions often lie in their uncomplicated nature.
Themes
EleganceSimplicityBeautyRefinementArt
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about design, one might say, 'As Henry Ward Beecher once noted, true elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.'
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