Quotes:
- “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
- “All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.”
- “It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.”
- “The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.”
- “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
- “I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
- “Character is long-standing habit.”
- “To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
- “Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
- “In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.”
- “Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
- “Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.”
- “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
- “Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.”
- “An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
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