Short quotations about, itself - Page 4

Roland Barthes, Esprit

What the public wants is the image …

15 Feb , 2011  

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Roland Barthes, Esprit ,

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Anna Jameson

What we truly and earnestly aspire …

15 Feb , 2011  

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense, we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Anna Jameson ,

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Whatever is in any way beautiful ha…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations , Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD – 180 […]

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Miguel De Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha

When life itself seems lunatic, who…

15 Feb , 2011  

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness. To seek treasures where there is only trash…Too much sanity may be madness, and maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. […]

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Edith Hamilton

When the mind withdraws into itself…

15 Feb , 2011  

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. Great short quote and quotation by: Edith Hamilton ,

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Froude

Wild animals never kill for sport. …

15 Feb , 2011  

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Froude ,

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Wisdom does not show itself so much…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & […]

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John Harold

Without trust, words become the hol…

15 Feb , 2011  

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself. Great short quote and quotation by: John Harold ,

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Women with pasts interest men… th…

15 Feb , 2011  

Women with pasts interest men… they hope history will repeat itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Mae West , US movie actress (1892 – 1980)

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Robert Southey

Would you who judge of the lawfulne…

19 Aug , 2010  

Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to […]

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Franz Kafka

You do not need to leave your room….

27 Apr , 2010  

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. Great short quote and quotation by: […]

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Marquis de Sade

You say that my way of thinking can…

27 Apr , 2010  

You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and […]

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