“The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.”
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Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
