Peter Bayne Quotes:

Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soul-moving picture was ever painted that had not in it depth of shadow.

- Peter Bayne

source: Peter Bayne (1879). “Lessons from My Masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin”

topic: Moving, Men, Soul, Earnestness

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