O impossível

Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Wizard

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«The limits of possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.»

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Arthur C. Clarke

Antecipando o Dia da Mãe

Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Mother Enthroned

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«A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts».

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Washington Irving.

Simplicidade

Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Orchard (1887)

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«Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.»

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Dando as boas vindas à Primavera II

Isa (Mrs. Robert Jobling) Thompson, Girl in Blossom - Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes, The Orchard - Thomas Cooper Gotch, The Orchard (1887).

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«A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible».
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Provérbio.

As nuvens

Thomas Cooper Gotch, Clouds.

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«A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them».
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Leonard Louis Levinson.

Aleluia

 Pintura de Thomas Cooper Gotch, Alleluia (c. 1896).

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«And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth».

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(Apocalipse, 19-6).