Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

Quote by Joshua Reynolds

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The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed...

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences...

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences...

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities,...

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities,...

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and...

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and...

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making

All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks