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Quote by Christina Rossetti

“Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.”

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

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Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of the poet's writings. It includes a variety of her poems, from the whimsical and fantastical to the deeply spiritual and religious. The illustrated format provides a rich visual context for her work, with images that complement and enrich the text. This collection is a valuable resource for students of literature, poetry enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the works of Christina Rossetti. more

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Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti was a prominent Victorian-era British poet known for her profound emotional depth and religious themes. Her poetry has had a lasting impact on subsequent generations. more

“Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it gets unobstructed hold of the hearer’s mind without his being distracted by secondary thoughts, and partly because he feels that here he is not being corrupted or deceived by the arts of rhetoric, but that the whole effect is got from the thing itself.”

Feels Mind Art Whole Beautiful Effects Honesty Expression Deeper Impression Naked Rhetoric Deceived Distracted

Book:Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays

Source: Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays

“It is the courage to make a clean breast of it in the face of every question that makes the philosopher. He must be like Sophocles' Oedipus, who, seeking enlightenment concerning his terrible fate, pursues his indefatigable inquiry even though he divines that appalling horror awaits him in the answer. But most of us carry with us the Jocasta in our hearts, who begs Oedipus, for God's sake, not to inquire further.”