When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
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We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
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Men can do all things if they will.
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Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
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A man can do all things if he but wills them.
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