"Things perfected by nature are better than..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.
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“You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.[Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]”
“Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.”
“The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns.”
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“The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).”
“The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse; it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.”
“[Nature's] crown is Love. Only through Love can we come near her. She puts gulfs between all things, and all things strive to be interfused. She isolates everything, that she may draw everything together. With a few draughts from the cup of Love she repays for a life full of trouble.”
More on Art
“Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.”
“Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty.”
“When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'”