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Quote by Paul Ricoeur

“Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.”

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Paul Ricoeur was a French philosopher known for his contributions to hermeneutics, narratology, philosophical anthropology, and ethics. His work involved deep explorations of language, meaning, history, and human experience. more

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Author:Seneca the Younger

“The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start to sag. The muscle gets soft, and instead of excellence we have to settle for mediocrity. Maybe something even worse.”

Way Higher Exercise Standards Ethics Excellence Settling Muscles Mediocrity Stretching Regular Exercise

Author:Price Pritchett

“For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be distributed at an almost sub-atomic level. Otherwise, you fall into the kind of preachy, moralistic fable that I don't think makes for good literature.”

Thinking Kind Art Fall Literature Levels Subtle Sophisticated Fables Rebuke Good Literature

Author:Junot Diaz

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