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the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. (william fulkner, american writer) the poet's voice need not just be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. records, but should be the pillars and pillars that enable mankind to survive and win. (American writer Faulkner.w.)

the value of culture is its effect on character. it avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. its use is for life. its aim is not beauty but goodness . (somerset maugham, british noverlist and dramatist) The value of culture lies in its impact on human character. Unless culture can make character noble and powerful. The role of culture is to benefit life, and its goal is not beauty, but goodness. (British novelist and dramatist Maugham)

there are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. (picasso, spanish painter) Some painters paint the sun as a yellow spot, but some painters use their skills and wisdom to paint the yellow spot as the sun. (Spanish painter Picasso)

When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news. Dog biting is news. (American journalist Dana c a)

When one loves one’s art no service seems too hard. (o. Henry, American novelist) Once one loves one’s art, no service seems too hard. (American novelist O. Henry)

Rules and modesty destroy genius and art. (William Hazlitt, British essayist) Rules and modesty destroy genius and art. (British essayist Hazlitt w)

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face their own. (jonathan swift, british writer) Satire is a mirror in which the viewer usually looks Seeing everyone's face but not myself.

(British writer Swift j)

Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have. (aesop, ancient greek fable writer) People who cannot eat grapes say grapes are sour. (Aesop, the ancient Greek fable writer)

Speech is a mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. (ephraem syrus, American writer) Language is a mirror of the soul; as long as a man speaks, so is he. His words are the mirror of his soul. (American writer Silas)

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish —- only bless. (arthur schnabel, austrian pianist) The sun may burn you, food may poison you, words may curse you, pictures may insult you - music will not punish you but only bless you. (Austrian pianist Schnabel a)

the art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves. (alan alexander milne, british humorist) the art of giving presents is to give something which others cannot buy for themselves. something. (British humorist Milne a a)

the decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep in their downwad tendency. (johann wolfgang von goethe german poet) The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation; the two keep in their downwad tendency. . The two go hand in hand when they go downhill. (German poet Goethe j w)

The lanscope belongs to the man who looks at it. (ralph waldo emerson, american thinker) The landscape belongs to the man who looks at it. (American thinker Emerson r w)

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. (John Ruskin, American writer and critic) The love of beauty is an important part of healthy human nature. (American writer and critic Ruskin j)