Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion. - Richard B. Garnett

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Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

Richard B. Garnett

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

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The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.

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In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

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If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.

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Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.

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I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.

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There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are to be valued for their own sake; whereas those kinds of knowledge which are useful in business are to be deemed necessary, and exist for the sake of other things.

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