“When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.”
Quote by T. S. Eliot
Book:Selected essays
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Selected essays
This book compiles a selection of essays that delve into diverse subjects, offering insights and perspectives on a range of topics. more
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“Could it think, the heart would stop beating.”
Source: The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
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“Health has its science, as well as disease.”
Source: Medicine as a Profession for Women
“If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.”
“Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.”
“If you look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.”
“Calculation never made a hero.”
Source: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
“The hero is strangely akin to those who die young.”
Source: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
