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Benjamin Haydon Quotes

Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness Picture Quote #1

Mistrusts sometimes come over one’s mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up? Picture Quote #1

How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness Picture Quote #1

Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics Picture Quote #1

Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent Picture Quote #1

It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race Picture Quote #1

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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself Picture Quote #1

Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs Picture Quote #1

There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits Picture Quote #1

Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized Picture Quote #1

Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them Picture Quote #1

If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be Picture Quote #1

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Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials Picture Quote #1

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil Picture Quote #1

Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men Picture Quote #1

All government is an evil, but, of the two form’s of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy Picture Quote #1

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another Picture Quote #1

Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available Picture Quote #1

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Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you Picture Quote #1

Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this Picture Quote #1

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for Picture Quote #1

Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence Picture Quote #1

The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public; for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of it Picture Quote #1

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue Picture Quote #1

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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence Picture Quote #1

One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste Picture Quote #1

To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do today that you may enjoy tomorrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other Picture Quote #1

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Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Mistrusts sometimes come over one’s mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up? (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) All government is an evil, but, of the two form’s of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public; for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of it (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste (Benjamin Haydon Quotes) To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do today that you may enjoy tomorrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other (Benjamin Haydon Quotes)