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Washington Allston quotes: Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

Washington Allston quotes: Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

Washington Allston quotes: Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.

Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.

Washington Allston quotes: The greatest of all fools is the proud foolwho is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool
who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Washington Allston quotes: The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.

The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.

Washington Allston quotes: Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Washington Allston quotes: The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

Washington Allston quotes: The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.

The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.

Washington Allston quotes: Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Washington Allston quotes: Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

Washington Allston quotes: He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down.

He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down.

Washington Allston quotes: Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

Washington Allston quotes: Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

Washington Allston quotes: The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Washington Allston quotes: Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.