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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

Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Age Reputation Suffering
We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.
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Both Real Responsibility Responsible
Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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Devotional Persons True Religion
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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Architecture Artist England
Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Independent Invention Totally
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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Improvement Inspirational Life Self
Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
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Mind Prejudice Serious
Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
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Devil Satan Triumph
There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.
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Heart Love Malice Wit
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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Evil Human Nature Propensity
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.
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Astonishing Done Genius Ordinary
How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!
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Believe Disinterestedness Men
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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Genius Never Fear Poverty
It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.
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Adversaries Friends Race
When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Better Get Men Quality
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.
BENJAMIN HAYDON

Feelings Men Pain Poetry

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.

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