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America1 quote
We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. — John Winthrop · 1630America as example1 quote
We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. — John Winthrop · 1630Beauty1 quote
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may-light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. — John ConstableEquanimity1 quote
The Sultan asked for a Signet motto, that should hold good for Adversity or Prosperity. Solomon gave him, "This also shall pass away." — Edward FitzGerald · 1852Helping others1 quote
We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren. — John Winthrop · 1630Perspective1 quote
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may-light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. — John ConstableSocial solidarity1 quote
We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren. — John Winthrop · 1630Taste1 quote
Taste is the feminine of genius. — Edward FitzGerald · 1877Ugliness1 quote
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may-light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. — John Constable