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“The foreground in a picture is always unattractive... Art demands that the interest of the canvas should be placed in the far distance, where lies take refuge, those dreams which blossom out of fact and are man's only love.”

Men Should Art Facts Dream Lying Interest Demand Distance Deception Refuge Canvas Only Love Unattractive Foreground Far Distance

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“The mountain at a given distance In amber lies; Approached, the amber flits a little,-- And that's the skies!”

Littles Lying Given Sky Mountain Distance Amber

Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson

“All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.”

People Lying Names Distance Deceiving Inspection People Lie

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook the goods of fortune which are near them, for something that glitters in the sight at a distance; to neglect solid and substantial happiness for what is showy and superficial; and to contemn that good which lies within their reach, for that which they are not capable of attaining. Hope calculates its schemes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin, and dishonour.”

Source: The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 315-635

“One hope no sooner dies in us but another rises up in its stead. We are apt to fancy that we shall be happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoyments; but either by reason of their emptiness, or the natural inquietude of the mind, we have no sooner gained one point, but we extend our hopes to another. We still find new inviting scenes and landscapes lying behind those which at a distance terminated our view.”

Ifs Mind Stills Reason Lying Dies Hope Natural Views Behinds Particular Scene Distance Satisfied Landscape Enjoyment Fancy Emptiness Inviting

Book:The Works: In Six Volumes

Source: The Works: In Six Volumes

“At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth.”

Thinking Men Long Lying Night Sea Long Time Down And Distance Calm Pale Chamber Nazareth

Author:Joseph Goebbels

“Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.”

Two Lying Difficult Space Impossible Cry Distance Invites Hopes And Fears

Author:Maya Angelou

“The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie about the places thou hast visited or the distances thou hast traversed.”

Law Lying Share Drink Travel Distance Wanderers

Book:The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara

Source: The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara