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You can't be more horrific than life itself.

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It is rightly laid down that 'true knowledge is knowledge by causes'. Also the establishment of four causes is not bad: material, formal, efficient and final.

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Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

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Man was formed for society.

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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

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I regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret.

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Art is man added to Nature.

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Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.

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I want a very ordered image, but I want it to come about by chance.

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There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

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Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

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He that cometh to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but no matter for his instruction.

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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.

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It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

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I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you to try and do. I feel that without a subject you automatically go back into decoration because you haven't got the subject which is always eating into you to bring it back - and the greatest art always returns you to the vulnerability of the human situation.

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