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art children natural
Charles Dickens Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.
art block food
Charles Dickens To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite.
art school speech
Charles Caleb Colton Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.
art people dirt
Charles Dickens Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
art philosophy ideas
Charles Dickens We all draw a little and compose a little, and none of us have any idea of time or money.
art prayer hate
Charles Spurgeon Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.
art children crowns
Charles Spurgeon Alas, if our children lose the crown of life, it will be but a small consolation that they have won the laurels of literature or art.
art doubt whispering
Charles Spurgeon Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved.
poetry should
Charles Dickens Why then we should drop into poetry.
poetry essentials needs
Edward Hirsch Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.
poetry use would-be
Edith Sitwell it is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion.
poetry silence never-quit
Charles Simic Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.
poetry-is touchstones feigning
William Shakespeare The truest poetry is the most feigning.
poetry
Natasha Trethewey Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
poetry mind body
Camille Paglia Poetry is the connecting link between body and mind.
poetry wish way
C. K. Williams Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.
poetry humanity
Elizabeth Barrett Browning We can't separate our humanity from our poetry ...
greek yeah questioning
Eddie Izzard So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so.
greek
William Shakespeare For my part, it was Greek to me.
greek musical tragedy
Billy Joel I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.
greek jimmy lose maybe might odds south
Pat Mayo There is the odds factor. Maybe Jimmy the Greek could tell you that. If I play South Brunswick 10 times, I might lose five.
greek-philosopher
Socrates Let him that would move the world first move himself.
greek taught teacher
Alice Oswald When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.
greek democracy acropolis
David Sedaris The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.
greek-philosopher
Socrates As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
greek interest joining
Jessica Smith I've always had an interest in joining a greek organization.