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To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
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Michelangelo Bonorotti
Michael Angelo Buonarotti
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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
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The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.
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So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
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Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
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The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy.
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
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Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.
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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
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