“Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.”
Beauty“It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.”
Nature“Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.”
Beauty“No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.”
Society“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
Art“Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.”
Best“No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.”
Art“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.”
Art“Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
Work“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
Best“No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.”
Age“It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.”
Architecture“Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.”
Beauty“All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.”
Art“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.”
Great“He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.”
Anger“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.”
Great“Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions.”
Men“The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.”
Education“Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.”
Great“The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.”
Men“Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.”
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