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Quote by Robert Fulghum

“I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.”

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Robert Fulghum, born on June 4, 1937, is an American author known for his warm, humorous, and insightful writing. His book 'All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten' has become a bestseller and influenced many readers. more

“Art itself is essentially ethical; because every true work of art must have a beauty or grandeur of some kind, and beauty and grandeur cannot be comprehended by the beholder except through the moral sentiment. The eye is only a witness; it is not a judge. The mind judges what the eye reports to it; therefore, whatever elevates the moral sentiment to the contemplation of beauty and grandeur is in itself ethical.”

Mind Kind Art Eye Moral Judging Morality Ethics Witness Contemplation Reports Works Of Art Sentiments Ethical Grandeur Beholder Very True

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.”

Humans Given Mystery Divine Willing Poet Remains Missions Reverence

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent; but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in maturer life.”

Passion Energy Mistake Youth Stronger Excited Violent Intense Strongest Durability

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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