The principal rule of art is ...

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.
The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.
 Jean Racine

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
 Jean Racine
Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
 Jean Racine
When I'm carried away, isn't it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth?
 Jean Racine
Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.
 Jean Racine
The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
 Jean Racine