The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEENothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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