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Art is the path of the creator to his work
All art is but imitation of nature
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
Nothing gold can stay.
What's come to perfection perishes.
Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven;
Works done least rapidly
Art most cherishes.
Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven;
Works done least rapidly
Art most cherishes.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The Traveller
Whoever can endure unmixed delight, whoever can tolerate music and painting and poetry all in one, whoever wishes to be rid of thought and to let the busy anvils of the brain be silent for a time, let him read in the 'Faery Queen.'
Spenser
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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