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Quote by Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

“Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.”

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, was a British metaphysical philosopher. Born on March 8, 1788, and died on May 6, 1856, Hamilton爵士 is renowned for his contributions to philosophy, particularly in the fields of logic and mathematical philosophy. more

“There are such people, unfortunates who have to be angry before they can feel alive. I had sometimes wondered if it were some old relic of pagan superstition, the fear of risking the jealousy and anger of the gods, that made such people afraid of even small happinesses. Or perhaps it was only that tragedy is more self-important than laughter.”

People Ifs Feels Made Important Self Sometimes Fear Alive Laughter Tragedy Anger Angry Superstitions Pagan Relics

Author:Mary Stewart

“I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.”

Thinking Want Should Children Has Beens Sometimes Mistake Childhood Goes On

Book:Stormy Petrel

Source: Stormy Petrel

“the difficult art I was attempting had, indeed a powerful fascination, before which the past faded, the future receded, and the whole of experience narrowed down to this stretch of glancing, glimmering water, and the fly I was trying to cast across it.”

Trying Art Whole Past Difficult Water Powerful Casts Fishing Attempting Fascination Faded

Author:Mary Stewart

Quote by Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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