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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian

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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian

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Patience
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Baltasar Gracian
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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing. – Baltasar Gracian

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Friendship
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Baltasar Gracian
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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. – Alexander Pope

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Art never improves, but… the material of art is never quite the same. – T. S. Eliot

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Im free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I dont try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I dont compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. – Erykah Badu

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All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. – Thomas Browne

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