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Quotes by James Ellis - (14 quotes)

James Ellis - From the Accomplishment category:

Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Activity category:

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Books category:

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics the honey taken from them. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Danger category:

There is danger in all extremes. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Desire category:

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Energy category:

Failures always overtake those who have the power to do, without the will to act, and who need that essential quality in life, energy. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Immortality category:

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Mirrors category:

Newspapers are the world's mirrors. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Quotations category:

Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Senses category:

Delicacy is an attribute of heaven. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Sincerity category:

Earnestness is needed in this world as much as any virtue. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Style category:

Style in painting is the same as in writing - a power over materials, whether words or colors. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Thinking category:

The mind paints before the brush. (James Ellis)

James Ellis - From the Wisdom category:

Literature is the garden of wisdom. (James Ellis)