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"A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven for human blood. Each outcry of the hunted hare A fibre from the brain does tear, A skylark wounded on the wing, A cherubim does cease to sing."
"The cut worm forgives the plow."
"Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment."
"Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more."
"He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please."
"Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there."
"The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest."
"Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves the feet of angels bright; unseen they pour blessing, and joy without ceasing, on each bud and blossom, and each sleeping bosom."
"If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars."
"Colouring does not depend on where the colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on form and outline, on where that is put."
"When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty."
"Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night."
"That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians."
"To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness."
"To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement."
"Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear?"
"The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey."
"Mere enthusiasm is the all in all."
"The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit."
"God keep me from the divinity of Yes and Nothe Yea Nay Creeping Jesus, from supposing Up and Down to be the same thing as allexperimentalists must suppose."