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"Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch."
"Where there is money there is no art."
"If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour."
"When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded; The King dropped a tear in the Queen's ear, And all his pictures faded."
"My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light."
"The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art"
"I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew."
"To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole."
"I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady."
"Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm."
"Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last."
"Down the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the roots of trees and hung over this immensity; but I said: if you please we will commit ourselves to this void and see whether providence is here also."
"A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian."
"If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace."
"I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind!"
"The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God."
"I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see."
"What has reasoning to do with painting?"
"The mocker of Art is the mocker of Jesus."
"Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming o'er the joys of night.Sleep, sleep: in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep."