Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change only to give stability to one beautiful moment.
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May every soul that touches mine Be it the slightest contact Get therefrom some good Some little grace one kindly thought One aspiration yet unfelt One bit of courage For the darkening sky One gleam of faith To brave the thickening ills of life One glimpse of brighter skies Beyond the gathering mists To make this life worth while.George Eliot
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
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Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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