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vices tendencies tempted
The general tendency [is] to be censorious of the vices to which one has not been tempted. Rebecca West
vices sin slave
The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins. Saint Augustine
vices nine penalties
Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty. William Graham Sumner
vices wells employed
The vices are never so well employed as in combating one another. William Hazlitt
vices dishonesty murder
I have so great a contempt and detestation for meanness, that I could sooner make a friend of one who had committed murder, than of a person who could be capable, in any instance, of the former vice. Under meanness, I comprehend dishonesty; under dishonesty, ingratitude; under ingratitude, irreligion; and under this latter, every species of vice and immorality in human nature. Laurence Sterne
vices needs prudent
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and must protect himself from those that will not lose it for him, if this is possible; but if he cannot, he need not concern himself unduly if he ignores these less serious vices. Niccolo Machiavelli
vices sake
Perhaps [James Herondale] loved vice for vice's own sake. Cassandra Clare
vices virtue calculations
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice. Joseph Joubert
vices sincerity worst
The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity. Oscar Wilde
photography wall fun
i'm beginning to feel like this. caught the incredible sunshine just in the nick of time today on my walk. the wall of rain approaching from the west desert was pretty spectacular, too. along with being gorgeous, it was sooo muddy. which made driving home in no shoes so very fun :) if only i could post photos here! a picture is worth a thousand words, yes? If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. Richard Avedon
photography thinking may
Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me. My concern is...the human predicament; only what I consider the human predicament may simply be my own.
photography kindness mean
I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember it either. But this photograph is here now to prove that no amount of kindness on my part could make this photograph mean exactly what he.. or even I.. wanted it to mean. It's a reminder of the wonder and terror that is a photograph.
photography real doe
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks. He's implicated in what's happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.
photography character giving
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates a character. She understood photography, and she also understood what makes a great photograph. She related to it as if she were giving a performance. She gave more to the still camera than any actress-any woman- I've ever photographed.
photography facts portraits
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
photography independent mind
I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature. Ryan McGinley
photography perception natural
If photography is to be likened to perception, this is not because the former is a natural process but because the latter is also coded. Umberto Eco
photography exposure ifs
What's the point of getting killed if you've got the wrong exposure? Robert Capa