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The Sense of Sight by Annie Swynnerton
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The Rainbow Daughter of Wonder

It is the essence of poetry to spring, like the rainbow daughter of Wonder, from…
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taddeo Decorating the Facade of Palazzo Mattei by Federico Zuccariabout
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Enlarge Not Thy Destiny

“Enlarge not thy destiny,” said the oracle: “endeavor not to do more than is given…
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Repentant Magdalen by Georges de La Tour
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The Pathos of Death

The pathos of death is this, that when the days of one’s life are ended,…
By William James
Self Portrait by Joaquín Sorolla
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Let Life Happen to You

You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you,…
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Horses Coming Out of the Sea by Eugène Delacroix
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The Path of an Honest Fighter

A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make…
By Søren Kierkegaard
Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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And It’s a Very Good Thing, Literature

And it’s a very good thing, literature, a very good thing…a profound thing! A thing that…
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dancing Woman by Rabindranath Tagore
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Memory Over History

There is an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last…
By Albert Hosteen
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Why Drag About This Corpse of Your Memory?

But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse…
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Forge by Francisco Goya
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The Dreams of Youth

Old age realizes the dreams of youth; look at Swift: in his youth he built…
By Søren Kierkegaard
Tor's Fight with the Giants by Mårten Eskil Winge
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Towards the Sun!

In this keen and clear element, however, he has his entire power: here he can…
By Friedrich Nietzsche
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