Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.
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We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.John Ruskin
That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.
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The highest reward for a mans toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.
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Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
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He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.
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No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
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