"In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people."
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"In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other."
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"The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble."
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"Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns."
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"Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing."
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"This is the third time that, in the course of six years, during which I have had the lead of the Opposition in the House of Commons, I have stormed the Treasury Benches: twice, fruitlessly, the third time with a tin kettle to my tail which rendered the race hopeless. You cannot, therefore, be surprised, that I am a little wearied of these barren victories, which like Alma, Inkerman, and Balaclava, may be glorious but are certainly nothing more."
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"I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain."
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"We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable."
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"The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man."
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"In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors."
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"A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears."
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"No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep."
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"Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon."
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"As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief."
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"The depositary of power is always unpopular."
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"Genius, when young, is divine."
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""As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell.""
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"What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few."
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"What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune."
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"I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last."
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