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> [The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in itself, that has virtue, albeit the virtue there is in mere illusions. Nature gives us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/the-true-wisdom-of-the-philosopher-ought-to-insist-in-enjoying/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

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## More by Eugene Delacroix

> [A wife of your own stature is the greatest of all blessings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/a-wife-of-your-own-stature-is-the-greatest-of-all-blessings/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [“Men of genius are made not by new ideas, but by an idea which possesses them, namely, that what has been said has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/men-of-genius-are-made-not-by-new-ideas-but-by-an-idea-which/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [Every time I await a model, even when I am most pressed to time, I am overjoyed when the time comes and I tremble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/every-time-i-await-a-model-even-when-i-am-most-pressed-to-time-i-am/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/the-things-one-experiences-alone-with-oneself-are-very-much-stronger/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/i-believe-it-safe-to-say-that-all-progress-must-lead-not-to-further/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/weaknesses-in-men-of-genius-are-usually-an-exaggeration-of-their/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/the-true-wisdom-of-the-philosopher-ought-to-insist-in-enjoying/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/to-be-understood-a-writer-has-to-explain-almost-everything/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/nature-is-a-dictionary-one-draws-words-from-it/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [How can this world, which is so beautiful, include so much horror?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/how-can-this-world-which-is-so-beautiful-include-so-much-horror/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/glory-to-that-homer-of-painting-to-that-father-of-warmth-and/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/the-contour-should-come-last-only-a-very-experienced-eye-can-place-it/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [ \[Photography is\] in some ways false just because it is so exact. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/photography-is-in-some-ways-false-just-because-it-is-so-exact/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/we-work-not-only-to-produce-but-to-give-value-to-time/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

> [Can any man say with certainty that he was happy at a particular moment of time which he remembers as being delightful? Remembering it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-delacroix/can-any-man-say-with-certainty-that-he-was-happy-at-a-particular/)

[Eugene Delacroix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-delacroix/)

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