Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

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Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

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It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

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The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.

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life without love, is no life at all

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it.

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