"A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher."
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"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."
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"One errs as long as one strives."
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"Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving."
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"The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool."
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"In art, the best is good enough."
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"All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause."
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"Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds."
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"People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them."
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"As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd."
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"Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him."
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"Plunge boldly into the thick of life!"
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"You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer."
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"From inaccessible mountain range by way of desert untrod by human foot to the ends of the unknown seas, the breath of the everlasting creative spirit is felt, rejoicing over every speck of dust that hearkens to it and lives."
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"As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness."
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"Patriotism ruins history."
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"I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn."
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"The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament."
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"Enjoy what you can, endure what you must."
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"Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together."
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