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Giordano Bruno: The universe is...

Giordano Bruno: The universe is...

The universe is then one, infinite, immobile. . . . It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and...

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Mortimer Adler: Not to engage...

Mortimer Adler: Not to engage...

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of men.

Source:...

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Mortimer Adler: The telephone book...

Mortimer Adler: The telephone book...

The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.

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Mortimer Adler: Freedom is the...

Mortimer Adler: Freedom is the...

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Source: In The...

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Ernest Renan: To conceive the...

Ernest Renan: To conceive the...

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure...

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Albert Camus: Integrity has no...

Albert Camus: Integrity has no...

Integrity has no need of rules.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Albert Camus: Charm is getting...

Albert Camus: Charm is getting...

Charm is getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Source: In 1,911...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Talking much about...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Talking much about...

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

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--...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Wisdom sets bounds...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Wisdom sets bounds...

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Source:
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct 15...

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rupert Brooke: The women there...

Rupert Brooke: The women there...

The women there do all they ought;
The men observe the Rules of Thought.
They love the Good; they worship...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: There is a...

Cecil Frances Alexander: There is a...

There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us...

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Louis Aragon: I demand that...

Louis Aragon: I demand that...

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of...

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Basil Bunting: Sooner or later...

Basil Bunting: Sooner or later...

Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia.

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Jean de la Fontaine: Patience and passage...

Jean de la Fontaine: Patience and passage...

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Source: Fables, II,...

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Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise.

Source: Roderick Random, Ch. 6.
--...

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Paul Verlaine: Music before all...

Paul Verlaine: Music before all...

Music before all else,
and for that choose the irregular,
which is vaguer and melts better into the...

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Geoffrey Chaucer: Men love ....

Geoffrey Chaucer: Men love ....

Men love . . . newfangledness.

Source: The Squire's Tale,'' in 'The Canterbury...

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Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Even paranoids have real enemies.

Source:
-- Delmore Schwartz, ( 1913-1966),...

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...

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