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Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is "What do you like?" Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
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In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration, invention, freedom to the limits of extravagance, interference to the point of frustration, finally discipline, controlling constant change and growth.: Susanne Langer (1895 - 1985)
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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.: Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)
The history of the human race, viewed as a whole may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature to bring about a political constitution, internally, and for this purpose, also externally perfect, as the only state in which all the capacities implanted by her in mankind can be fully developed.: Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.: Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
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Experience teaches only the teachable.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
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