“Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.”
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If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
