Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

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Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age as your beauty fades,...

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age as your beauty fades,...

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.