Benvenuto Cellini Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#People #Ancestry #Kind

“Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Men #Ruins #Different
“One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Responsibility #Discretion
“The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Men #Law #He Man
“All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Heaven #Sculpture #Earth
“A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Men #Differences #Tree
“I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally good.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Art #Eight #Views
“Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Law #Political #Masters
“Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.”
-- Benvenuto Cellini

#Cat #Pet #Fats

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