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“The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.”

Quote by Benjamin Haydon

Book:Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

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Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk is a compilation of the correspondence and recorded conversations of the 19th-century English painter Benjamin Robert Haydon. The letters and discussions provide a comprehensive view of Haydon's personal life, his artistic development, and his interactions with contemporaries. The book is a valuable resource for understanding the cultural and intellectual climate of the period, as well as for appreciating Haydon's contributions to the art world. more

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Benjamin Haydon

Benjamin Haydon was an English painter known for his historical and portrait paintings. Born on January 26, 1786, and died on June 22, 1846, Haydon's works are celebrated for their fine detail and expressive emotion. more

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Difficult Indolence

Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

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“Invention is totally independent of the will.”

Independent Invention

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Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

“We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.”

Ifs Made Real Would Be Action Values Responsibility Prove Responsible Hereafter Compounds Real Value

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“If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.”

Ifs Men Life Is Chance Advantage Certainty Doing Right

Book:Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

“No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.”

Men Evil Results Virtue Successful Advantage Sake Committed Pursuit Commit Wicked Virtuous Heroism

Author:Benjamin Haydon

“It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.”

Race Friends Adversaries

Book:Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

“All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.”

Two Government Able Form Evil Democracy Monarchy Sounder

Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

“Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available.”

Humans Mean Helping Danger Produce Bases Available Supposed To Be Superstitions

Book:Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk

“Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.”

Belief Causes Exciting Vices Flight

Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

“Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common error of believing they are the remedy for all the ills of life.”

Men Believe Feelings Hands Care Fall Energy Religious Common Study Depends Errors Take Care Profession Superiors Remedy Neglected Sailor Superior Man

Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir