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“Ideas make their way in silence like the waters that, altering behind the rocks of the Alps, loosen then from the mountains upon which they rest.”

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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne was a French historian renowned for his studies on the period of the Reformation. His works have significantly influenced the understanding of this period in history among later generations. more

“If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the hearing ear, the seeing eye, the active mind, and energetic body of man and woman, in the same way that dirt and dung at the roots give the plant its delicate leaves and the full-blown rose.”

Ifs Men Way Giving Mind Body Eye Past Term Realizing Church Seeing Men And Women Roots Ears Rose Plant Hearing Active Delicate Dirt Ugliness Energetic Physiology Active Minds

Book:Inishfallen, fare thee well

Source: Inishfallen, fare thee well

“Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the public or half-educated ape of a clargimint could think he understood.”

Thinking Facts Church Half Ought Members Mass Understood Educated Chinese Greek Latin Bloody Apes Abracadabra

Book:The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

Source: The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

“Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.”

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Book:Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person

Source: Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person

Quote by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

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