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5/24/13
Professor Geary

“It’s so beautiful”

What is beauty? If you think it’s just the girls on the cover girl commercials or maxim magazines, you couldn’t be more wrong. The Merriam-Webster definition would say “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations.” Often a shape, a sound, maybe a person. I believe everything has a certain beauty. To me beauty isn’t always physical , it’s the first time your child calls you mommy or daddy , a friendly conversation after a long hard stressful day, Hearing a speech that uplifts you and inspires you to be a better person.

Beauty as a word comes from Anglo-Norman and Old French beaute (early Old French spelling biaute, from Latin bellitas “beauty”, from Latin bellus “beautiful, fair” from about the 14th century. Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de Bonheur "the promise of happiness."
Replaced Old English wlite. Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded late 14th century. Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850. Beauty spot is from 1650s.
Beauty parlor is from 1894. When I listen to my favorite song “For the future” by DO AS INFINITY a Japanese rock band, the songs translation from Japanese to English is so motivational, inspirational and beautiful. To reach for the sky, set your own limits, don’t give up until you’re happy. Something that fills my day with great joy is when I see my daughter and just the thought alone of having

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her is beautiful. A person who sees only the good in you no matter what you done in the past it’s beauty. The very first time I