The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.
BENJAMIN HAYDONNever suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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Mistrusts sometimes come over one’s mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up?
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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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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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Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.
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There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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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.
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Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
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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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It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.
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