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Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that it's a bore.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.
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Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.
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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
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At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades improved dramatically. This great school had only 400 students, mostly children of Stanford professors, and it was more usual to have classes under one of the oak trees dotted around the campus than in the classroom.
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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
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Basically it's the core story. About a guy having an affair with the mother of the girl he falls in love with.
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Be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at stars.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom necessary to assume.
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Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
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Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
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Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love.
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Source: Walden (1854) -
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
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