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Happiness is as a butterfly

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Life is made up of

Life is made up of marble and mud.
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Our most intimate friend is

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
👁️ 108

This world owes all its

This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.
👁️ 76

Nobody, I think, ought to

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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No man, for any considerable

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.
👁️ 109

Mankind are earthen jugs with

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which,

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Every young sculptor seems to

Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing.
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