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“Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.”

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Anatole France, a renowned French poet, was born on April 16, 1844, and passed away on October 12, 1924. His poetry has been highly regarded in the French literary world, known for its unique style and profound connotations. more

“Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption. And our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner - no mere tolerance or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment.”

People Kind Real Facts Feelings Sin Taken Mere Charity Tolerance Spite Sinner Superiority Indulgence Parody Presumption Merriment Deep Feeling

Book:Christian Reflections

Source: Christian Reflections

“[Drawing should be] a journey of pleasure. Each step must present to the travellers' view objects that are eminently interesting, varied in their appearances, and attracting to such a degree as to excite in each individual thus happily employed the desire of knowing all respecting all he sees.”

Should Desire Individual Pleasure Interesting Views Steps Knowing Journey Objects Degrees Appearance Drawing Employed Traveller

Book:Writings and Drawings

Source: Writings and Drawings

“Keynes did not teach us how to perform the miracle of turning a stone into bread, but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn.”

Teach Eating Stones Miracle Seeds Bread Miraculous Corn Procedures Keynes

Book:Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses

Source: Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses

“And where are you going to get these angels who are going to run society for us?”

Running Angel

Author:Milton Friedman

“A woman questions the man who loves exactly as a judge questions a criminal. This being so, a flash of the eye, a mere word, an inflection of the voice or a moment's hesitation suffice to expose the fact, betrayal or crime he is attempting to conceal.”

Men Moments Facts Eye Voice Crime He Man Judging Mere Betrayal Criminals Flash Attempting Hesitation

Author:Honore de Balzac

“I don't want them to believe me, I just want them to think.”

Thinking Want Believe Believe In Me

Author:Marshall McLuhan

“If you are walking backward, away from something you think is a mistake, you may be right in supposing it is a mistake, but for you to be walking backward is never right. You know what happens to people who walk backward.... We are meant to walk forward, not backward, and reaction is always a matter of walking backward.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows May Matter Happens Walks Mistake Walking Reactions Supposing Supposing That

Author:J. I. Packer

“How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.”

Needs Enough Steps Fronts Ego Bus

Author:Shunryu Suzuki

“Self-judgment is how conditioned mind keeps control over your life.”

Mind Self Judgment Over You

Author:Cheri Huber

“'I don't know' is my favorite position.”

Knows Position My Favorite

Author:Byron Katie

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