There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity modesty and humility a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
When war comes two things happen - profits go way way up and all perishables go way way down. There becomes a market for them.
Hope is the struggle of the soul breaking loose from what is perishable and attesting her eternity.
