Edward Burne-Jones famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul.
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I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be - in a light better than any light that ever shone - in a land no one can define, or remember, only desire
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Only this is true, that beauty is very beautiful, and softens, and inspires, and rouses, and lifts up, and never fails.
-- Edward Burne-Jones
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With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.
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O most illustrious of the days of time! Day full of joy and benison to earth When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem! With dazzling pomp descending angels sung Good will and peace to men, to God due praise, Who on the errand of salvation sent Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity Essential part, made flesh that mad'st all worlds.
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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us,With heaven's light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit,True or false, that never dies;Every word man's lips have utteredEchoes in God's skies.
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I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.
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Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense." --Sam Seaborne, West Wing
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What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?
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Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
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Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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I sold my soul to the devil in L.A
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