The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
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The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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'I have seen the universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim - Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge or luster or name.'
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It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment --but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?
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Those great and glorious actions that dazzle our eyes with their luster are represented by statesmen as the result of great wisdom and excelle...
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Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
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One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect.
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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
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I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
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