"To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue." ― William Hazlitt Topic(s): Art Tags: mankind, think More From William Hazlitt "There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love." "The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature." "The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends." More In Art "Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."― Thomas Paine "The beginning is the most important part of the work."― Plato "I maintain that if you’re a novelist and you go into an art museum, you’ll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you’re a better actor at the end of it."― John Hawkes