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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
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Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]
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Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?
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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.
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Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.
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Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.
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Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
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What we know of others is our personal secret.
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To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
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Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.
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Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
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I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.
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The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
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An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
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One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.
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After all, the world is still great.
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