Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.


Auguste Rodin

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Everything ends with songs. [Fr., Tout finit par des chansons.]
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What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]
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There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse.
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