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Joshua Reynolds

"Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation."

Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Malone (1867). “The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Containing His Discourses, Idlers, A Journey to Flanders and Holland, and His Commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting; to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Edward Malone”, p.19

Joshua Reynolds

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“Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.”
“How I wish that more men who claim to be evangelical really believed the Word of God--that it IS the Word of God, that it is God speaking.”
“The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.”
“But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.”

Source : ?1773 'Let Us Be Merry Before We Go'.
“The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him”
“BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.”
“No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be!”

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