John Sterling
John Sterling
lying clothes compliment
Compliments are only lies in court clothes.
men folly caricatures
Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.
beautiful sacrifice reality
Every fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way less beautiful and excellent than that which we sacrifice to it.
faith art
Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.
laughter self tears
Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.
education cutting modern
Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.
believe school men
A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.
emotional leading-on elements
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.
self intuition natural-instinct
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.