The More We Do, The More We

The Greatest Offence Against Virtue Is To Speak Ill Of It.

Abuse Is An Indirect Species Of Homage.

Mankind Are A Herd Of Knaves And Fools. It Is Necessary To Join The Crowd, Or Get Out Of Their Way, In Order Not To Be Trampled To Death By Them.

There Is Nothing So Remote From Vanity As True Genius. It Is Almost As Natural For Those Who Are Endowed With The Highest Powers Of The Human Mind To Produce The Miracles Of Art, As For Other Men To Breathe Or Move. Correggio, Who Is Said To Have Produced Some Of His Divinest Works Almost Without Having Seen A Picture, Probably Did Not Know That He Had Done Anything Extraordinary.

The Severest Critics Are Always Those Who Have Either Never Attempted, Or Who Have Failed In Original Composition.