It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.
タグ: architecture, great, beautiful, life

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In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
タグ: general, pride, mistakes, great
Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.
タグ: wish, poor, rich, long
The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
タグ: higher, him, more, man
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
タグ: become, get, reward, person
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.
タグ: try, effort, power, best
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