A work of art is said to be perfect in proportion as it does not remind the spectator of the process by which it was created.
There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps o… - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps o…
- Henry Theodore Tuckerman
It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent f… - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent f…
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
No man flatters the woman he truly loves.
To be a good traveler argues one no ordinary philosopher. A sweet landscape must sometimes be allowed to atone for an indifferent supper, and an inte… - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
To be a good traveler argues one no ordinary philosopher. A sweet landscape must sometimes be allowed to atone for an indifferent supper, and an inte…
The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is t… - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is t…
The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth. - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.
The mind's only perfect vassal. - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
The mind's only perfect vassal.
There is to the poetical sense a ravishing prophecy and winsome intimation in flowers that now and then, from the influence of mood of circumstance, … - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
There is to the poetical sense a ravishing prophecy and winsome intimation in flowers that now and then, from the influence of mood of circumstance, …
A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement. - Henry Theodore Tuckerman
A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement.
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