The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact. Let a man do the grandest things, fight the greatest battles, or be distinguished by the most brilliant… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity. — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
