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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Himself Invisible Muse Object See Worship
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Food Greatness Material Music
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Growth Heart Pursuit Search Severe
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Children Flower Life Necessary Praise Sun Warm Word
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Action Day Exception Experience Learning Ourselves
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
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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Dreams Himself Hope Realization Worth
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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Aware Consciousness Name

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