by António José da Costa (1840–1929)
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed,
do not be sad.
For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle
and yet most of the audience still sleeps.
― John Lennon
The appearance of things changes according to the emotions;
and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.
― Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings
Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia
[2] The Real Victorian's enhanced version of the painting (seen above),
downloadable as a 8" x 6" @ 300 ppi JPEG
Digitally enhanced reproductions of public domain paintings are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.