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Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

“Imprecision is tolerable and verisimilar in literature, because we always tend towards it in life.”

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Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and literary critic. His works are known for their unique fantasy and philosophical thinking, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

“The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural scene can arouse his bias. Furthermore, he stands completely outside of the natural so that his mind, whatever his limitations, approximates pure mind. The observer of the realm of history cannot be disinterested in the same way, for two reasons: first, he must look at history from some locus in history; secondly, he is to a certain degree engaged in its ideological conflicts.”

Way Mind Firsts Looks Two Reason Science Certain Natural History Scene Pure Conflict Degrees Limitation Realms Engaged Bias Observers Ideological Disinterested

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled.”

Humans Natural Realms Human Freedom

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and ``the good life,'' which had not been anticipated in our philosophy.”

Philosophy Virtue Limits Achievement Prosperity Contradiction Good Life

Book:The Irony of American History

Source: The Irony of American History

“Cliche refers to words, commonplace to ideas. Cliche describes the form or the letter, commonplace the substance or spirit. To confuse them is to confuse the thought with the expression of the thought. The cliche is immediately perceivable; the commonplace very often escapes notice if decked out in original dress. There are few examples, in any literature, of new ideas expressed in original form. The most critical mind must often be content with one or the other of these pleasures, only too happy when it is not deprived of both at once, which is not too rarely the case.”

Ifs Mind Ideas Form Spirit Literature Pleasure Cases Example Expression Letters Originals Dresses Critical Substance New Ideas Deprived Cliche Commonplace Often Is

Author:Remy de Gourmont

“The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy.”

America Wealth Secret Absolutes Sake Privacy Mobility Personal Freedom Money And Power

Book:Slouching towards Bethlehem

Source: Slouching towards Bethlehem

“I learned early to keep death in my line of sight, keep it under surveillance, keep it on cleared ground and away from any brush where it might coil unnoticed.”

Might Death Lines Sight Brushes Surveillance Unnoticed

Book:A Book of Common Prayer

Source: A Book of Common Prayer

“Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time, Tiering the same dull webs of discontent, Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.”

Years Poetry Time Poet Kings Dull Discontent Clerks

Book:Delphi Poetical Works and Plays of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Poetical Works and Plays of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Illustrated)

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