Wearing spectacles makes men conceited, because spectacles raise them to a degree of sensual perfection which is far above the power of their own nature.
Johann Peter Eckermann
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Invention requires an excited mind; execution, a calm one.
Johann Peter Eckermann
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A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him.
