Culture is like wealth; it makes us more ourselves, it enables us to express ourselves — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Conversation is interesting in proportion to the originality of the central ideas — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Of all intellectual friendships, none are so beautiful as those which subsist — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
People have prejudices against a nation in which they have no acquaintances. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Avowed work, even when uncongenial, is far less trying to patience than feigned pleasure. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Painting does not come from intelligence so much, as from sight and feeling and invention. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is — Philip Gilbert Hamerton