"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desi…" — Joseph Butler

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

A mother who is really a mother is never free

The love we give away is the only love we keep

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth

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