Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
That we ought not to be affected by Things not in our own Power, Chap. xxiv.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Nature's old felicities.”
The Trosachs.
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“Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824–1903) Dutch painter of the Hague School (1824-1903)
translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018 <br class="br">version in original Dutch / citaat van J. H. Weissenbruch, in het Nederlands: Ik herinner me, dat ik als jongen in onze museums voor de schilderijen van de oude meesters verstomd stond, zoals ze de natuur tot je lieten spreken. Als ik van iemand geleerd heb de natuur te zien dan is het van onze oude meesters. Maar het meest van de natuur-zelve. <br class="br">in an interview with J.H. Rössing, at the end of his life, c. 1902; as cited in Eind goed Al goed, de carriere van J.H. Weissenbruch https://www.artsalonholland.nl/grote-meesters-kunstgeschiedenis/johan-hendrik-weissenbruch-haagse-school, by Sander Kletter
“Out from the heart of Nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
St. 2 <br class="br">1840s, Poems (1847), The Problem http://www.emersoncentral.com/poems/problem.htm
“Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.”
Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967) American painter
[in 1956, Reinhardt is quoting Paul Cézanne here freely]
1956 - 1967
Source: Pax, no. 13, 1960; as quoted in Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrahams Publishers, New York 1990, p. 150
“Old intelligence hands still remember this good-natured and wise man.”
Ivan Agayants (1911–1968) KGB officer
Vadim Kirpichenko
Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American settler
As quoted in "The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon; containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentucke" in The Discovery, Settlement And present State of Kentucke (1784) by John Filson
Context: Situated, many hundred miles from our families in the howling wilderness, I believe few would have equally enjoyed the happiness we experienced. I often observed to my brother, You see now how little nature requires to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; And I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is. This consists in a full resignation to the will of Providence; and a resigned soul finds pleasure in a path strewed with briars and thorns.
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
