“No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.”
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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
