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Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.

Benjamin Haydon

If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Certainty Chance Chances Immediate Life Men
The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.
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Divinity Genius Sparks
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Evil Men Successful
Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Belief Causes Vices
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.
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Feelings Men Pain Poetry
It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.
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Believe God Justice Mercy
Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Independent Invention Totally
To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Men Procrastination Views
When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Better Get Men Quality
Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
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Confusion Mathematics Newton
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Genius Never Fear Poverty
Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.
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Difficult Indolence Indolent
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Evil Human Nature Propensity
Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
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Devil Satan Triumph
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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Architecture Artist England
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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Age Reputation Suffering

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.

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