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“Genius and sunshine have this in common that they are the two most precious gifts of heaven to earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.” quote by Anna Brownell Jameson — Download Open image

“Genius and sunshine have this in common that they are the two most precious gifts of heaven to earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.”

Anna Brownell Jameson

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Nature and truth are one, and immutable, and inseparable as beauty and love.

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Avarice is to the intellect what sensuality is to the morals.

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The moment one begins to solder right and wrong together, one's conscience becomes like a piece of plated goods.

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