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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

Summary

This quote suggests that beauty is an essential and inherent quality. It implies that anything considered beautiful possesses an inherent quality that makes it so, and beauty cannot be attributed to superficial or accidental factors. Therefore, beauty is seen as an undeniable characteristic that is necessary, and it cannot be artificially created or forced.

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