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Quotes by John Mason Good

2 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator; and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in reference to the proposed result.— filed under Art

Now happiness consists in activity: such is the constitution of our nature: it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.— filed under Happiness