"Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism."

-- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

#Beauty Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Heroism Quotes

“May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede (2015). “Searching for Dragons”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Everybody knows how complicated this country's relationship with France has been, in war and in peace. Certainly there have been times when the leaders of France could have done better by us. We should have done better by them on Sunday. Only you couldn't find us.”
“Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.”
“If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.”
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”
“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”
“Happiness is no laughing matter.”
“You can't be afraid to speak the truth. If you're speaking truthfully - no matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Asian - if it's the truth, it's the truth! And if that's what you're telling, you have no reason to be fearful, or, worry about people trying to diffuse what you're doing. Because, if you're speaking the truth, they can't beat the truth.”

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