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When we build, let us think that we build for ever.: The Seven Lamps of Architecture
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.: The Stones of Venice
He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great . . . ; he who cannot make a bank sublime, will make a mountain ridiculous.: Modern Painters
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts—the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others; but of the three the only quite trustworthy one is the last.: St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice
Poetry “is the suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.”: Modern Painters
Taste . . . is the only morality . . . . Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.: The Crown of Wild Olive