"Expression alone can invest beauty with supreme and lasting command over the eye."

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Source : Henry Fuseli (1831). “Lectures. Aphorisms. A history of art in the schools of Italy”, p.96

Henry Fuseli

#Eye Quotes #Expression Quotes #Command Quotes

“The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.”
“The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides. Which I think is a rather handy metaphor for falling in love.”
“I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.”
“Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.”

Source : Claude Adrien Helvétius (1777). “A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper, ...”, p.43
“BDS represents three words that will help bring about the defeat of Zionist Israel and victory for Palestine.”

Source : "Destructive 'Agnosticism'" by Yitzhak Santis, www.haaretz.com. November 26, 2010.
“Whether it's an attorney or a bond trader or a journalist, or a musician or pastor, you want to do your best. You don't want to seek acclaim. You don't want to seek awards. You want to seek to do your best at what God's given you.”
“when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.”
“Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.”

Source : Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”

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