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Small: How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?
"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
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Small: He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin
"He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin"
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Small: All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external t
"All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy"
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Small: Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is i
"Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make"
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Small: Civilization is the making of civil persons
"Civilization is the making of civil persons"
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Small: Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning
"Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning"
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Small: Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all
"Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light"
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Small: Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth
"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth"
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Small: There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be
"There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation"
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Small: That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings
"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings"
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Small: Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder
"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder"
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Small: In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They
"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it"
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Small: To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance
"To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance"
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Small: The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives
"The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque"
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Small: Tell me what you like and Ill tell you what you are
"Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are"
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Small: There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves
"There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves"
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Small: The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it
"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it"
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Small: Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in
"Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand"
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Small: It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consi
"It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists"
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Small: Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them
"Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them"
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Small: Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the m
"Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities"
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Small: It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautifu
"It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled"
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Small: In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes
"In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes"
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Small: I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renais
"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting"
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Small: No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish
"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish"
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Small: It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends
"It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends"
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Small: The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it
"The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it"
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Small: Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thi
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather"
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Small: Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation
"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation"
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Small: Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them
"Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them"
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Small: Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it
"Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it"
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Small: Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their wo
"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art"
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Small: Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back
"Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back"
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Small: Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together"
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Small: All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul
"All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul"
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Small: Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all
"Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons"
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Small: Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty
"Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty"
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Small: The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one"
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Small: The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I dont mean doubt of his powers or hesitation
"The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do"
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Small: The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have me
"The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education"
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Small: The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educa
"The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion"
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Small: The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work
"The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work"
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Small: Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless peacocks and lilies for instance
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance"
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