Quote by Baltasar Gracian
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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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else. – Baltasar Gracian

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My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. – Paul Getty

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I view art as an inspirational tool. – Thomas Kincade

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Art is Art. Everything else is everything else. – Ad Reinhardt

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Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. – Socrates

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