“Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and indifferent destroy beautiful things merely by looking at the marble. Things that remake the soul of him who understands them.” MenWorldRealSoulDreamBeautifulEnjoyEdgesIgnorantNeglectIndifferentBeautiful ThingsReal ThingsMarbleLiving OnRemakesLiving On The Edge Author:Auguste Rodin
“It has been the sad experience of many that much of the best and the most beautiful is lost to those whose mental food consists exclusively of the sensational paper or the cheap novel, or of that frothy mass of waste material which is thrown up like scum upon the molten metal of life--novelettes, serials, and fragments of a type which neither teach the ignorant, nor strengthen the weak, nor develop the immature.” Has BeensBeautifulLostTeachNovelMaterialsTypeWastePaperMassWeakIgnorantThrownMetalsFragmentsImmatureSerialsSensationalScum Book:Vegetarianism and Occultism Source: Vegetarianism and Occultism
“Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women.” MenWellsBeautifulStuffCenturyMaterialsIgnorantColourWorn Author:Wilkie Collins