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Show WISE WORDS. Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. - Cicero. Oh, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem by the secret ornament which truth doth give! - Shakespeare. Beauty hath no luster save where it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it. - Maturin. The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study. - Rufliam. When once infidelity can persuade men that they shall die like beasts, they will soon be brought to live like beasts also. - Sonth. Avarice is the most opposite of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive. - Shenstone. Every good picture is the best of sermons and lectures. The sense informs the soul. Whatever you have, have beauty. - Smith. |