No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.

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What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.

What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't...

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't...

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail...

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail...

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

The secret of art is love.

The secret of art is love.

Art is a form of catharsis

Art is a form of catharsis

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...