“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.”
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
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