To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

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No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic...

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It...

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out...

A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out...

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of...

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of...

The difference between the ground and the heights you achieve.

The difference between the ground and the heights you achieve.

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice...

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide...

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide...

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest

When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.