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The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the read more
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so
turpid as its source?
[It., read more
What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so
turpid as its source?
[It., Qual diverra quel fiume,
Nel lungo suo cammino,
Se al fonte ancor vicino
E torbido cosi?]
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
The stream is always purer at its source.
[Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]
The stream is always purer at its source.
[Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]
