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" I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. "

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" Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. "

" Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. "

" I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? "

" The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him. "

" Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. "

" The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. "

" No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. "

" Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. "

" Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. "

" Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. "

" Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. "

" In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. "

" The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced. "

" I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. "

" The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it. "

" Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons. "

" You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. "

" The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. "

" Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. "

" It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. "

" Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand. "

" No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. "

" The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work. "

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" A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. "

" That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. "

" Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. "

" Whether for life or death, do your own work well. "

" Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. "