text:  But the true beau is a _beau-ideal_ an abstraction substantialized only by the scissors a concentrated essence of frivolity infinitely sensitive to his own indulgence chill as the poles to the indulgence of all others; prodigal to his own appetites never suffering a shilling to escape for the behoof of others; magnanimously mean ridiculously wise and contemptibly clever; selfishness is the secret the spring and the principle of _par excellence_ the beau