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Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
Washington Allston
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Washington Allston
Age: 63 †
Born: 1779
Born: November 5
Died: 1843
Died: July 9
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I cannot believe that any man who deserved fame ever labored for it that is, directly. For, as fame is but the contingent of excellence, it would be like an attempt to project a shadow, before its substance was obtained.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic.
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Never expect justice from a vain man if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.
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All effort at originality must end either in the quaint or the monstrous. For no man knows himself as an original he can only believe it on the report of others.
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If I prove extravagant, I shall be more so from ignorance than willfulness. I am not wholly insensible to the pleasures of the world, therefore shall not be governed entirely by necessity but I flatter myself, at least, in being able to restrain their gratification within due bonds.
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I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler.
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If the whole world should agree to speak nothing but truth, what an abridgment it would make of speech! And what an unravelling there would be of the invisible webs which men, like so many spiders, now weave about each other!
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Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.
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The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.
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Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it: feel it, and hate in silence.
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The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.
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Never judge a work of art by its defects.
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Humility is also a healing virtue it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.
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Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.
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Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.
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Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.
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In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.
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Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie for lies breed like Surinam toads you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.
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I have no ambition to shine beyond my abilities.
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