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Art

Nature scarcely ever gives us th…

19 May , 2010  

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. Gracian, Baltasar

Nature

Nature is often hidden, sometime…

19 May , 2010  

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Bacon, Francis

Perfection

Nature has perfections, in order…

19 May , 2010  

Nature has perfections, in order to show that she is the image of God; and defects, to show that she is only his image. Pascal, Blaise

Success

Nature gave man two ends one to …

19 May , 2010  

Nature gave man two ends one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. Kirkpatrick, George R.

Nature

Nature abhors annihilation….

19 May , 2010  

Nature abhors annihilation. Cicero

Ability

Natural abilities are like natur…

19 May , 2010  

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Bacon, Francis

Life

My trade and art is to live….

19 May , 2010  

My trade and art is to live. Montaigne, Michel De

Avarice

My regimen is lust and avarice f…

19 May , 2010  

My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation. Cooley, Mason

Patience

My patience to his fury, and am …

19 May , 2010  

My patience to his fury, and am arm’d to suffer, with a quietness of spirit, the very tyranny and rage of his. Shakespeare, William

Individuality

My manner of thinking, so you sa…

19 May , 2010  

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my […]

Beauty

My heart that was rapt away by t…

19 May , 2010  

My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms Kotomichi

War

My first wish is to see this pla…

19 May , 2010  

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. Washington, George