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«My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.»
Author: Edward Gibbon
(Historian)
| Keywords:
decent, licentious, obscurities, obscurity, passages, text
«For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day»
Author: John Calvin
(Statesman, Theologian)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
as it were, obscurities, remote, splendor, The Kingdom, utterly, wrapped
«Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.»
Author: Plutarch
(Author, Biographer)
| About:
Satisfaction
| Keywords:
beneficial, care for, obscurities, obscurity, pleased, poverty, so far
«Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.»
Author: Thomas Merton
| Keywords:
activities, Beyond the Limits, extend, extend to, fulfillment, infinity, motion, obscurities, obscurity, profound, repose
«We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.»
Author: Tom Stoppard
(Playwright)
| About:
Language
| Keywords:
in style, lacks, obscurities, obscurity, style, tied
«Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| About:
Experience,
Poetry
| Keywords:
complain, consciences, examine, genuinely, modern, obscurities, obscurity, occasions, profoundly, shared
«I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| Keywords:
celery, genuineness, In The Dark, losing, obscurities, obscurity
«Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity. For the crowd considers anything deep if only it cannot see to the bottom: the crowd is so timid and afraid of going into the water.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
afraid, appear, bottom, bottomed, Bottom Up, clarity, considers, crowd, deep, deep water, go deep, obscurities, obscurity, strives, The Bottom, The Crowd, The Water, timid, water
«Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| About:
Glory
| Keywords:
fleeting, fleets, glory, obscurities, obscurity, The Fleet
«Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.»
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