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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To sm — William Shakespeare

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow.

William Shakespeare

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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to — Homer
Настоящее произведение искусства делает то, что в сознании воспринимающего уничт — Leo Tolstoy
The artist only counts on the unexpected. — Jules Renard
Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every parting gives a foretaste of death ; every coming together again a foretas — Arthur Schopenhauer
In style, the image is a germ of corruption. — Jules Renard
Amicus est tanquam alter idem. — A friend is
My specialty is being right when other people are wrong. — George Bernard Shaw
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived a — Martial
To the true teacher, time's hour-glass should still run gold-dust. — Douglas Jerrold
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. — Attributed to Theodore Roosevelt . August Kerber
After having spent years striving to be accurate, we must spend as many more in — Samuel Butler