37 Quotes by Washington Allston

I have no ambition to shine beyond my abilities.

Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.

I am inclined to think from my own experience that the difficulty to eminence lies not in the road, but in the timidity of the traveler.

In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.

The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many.

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.

If I prove extravagant, I shall be more so from ignorance than willfulness. I am not wholly insensible to the pleasures of the world, therefore shall not be governed entirely by necessity; but I flatter myself, at least, in being able to restrain their gratification within due bonds.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool – who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.