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“Beauty is rather a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself.”

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Plotinus (204-270 AD), a renowned Greek philosopher, is considered the founder of Neoplatonism. His philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on the development of Christian philosophy and Western philosophy in general. more

“... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My study, all the study I have attained to, is the little 2nd drawing room where all the (feminine) life of the house goes on; and I don't think I have ever had two hours undisturbed (except at night, when everybody is in bed) during my whole literary life.”

Thinking Littles Two Whole Night House Hours Rooms Study Goes On Bed Drawing Feminine Shut Up Observance

Book:The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

“Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas.”

Ideas Worry Incarnation

Author:Vissarion Belinsky

“The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.”

Men Persons Age Jobs Time Values Depends Late Performances Aging Old Age Useless

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)

“Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech.”

Literature Language Speech Ordinary Everyday Quietness Deviate

Book:Literary Theory: An Introduction

Source: Literary Theory: An Introduction

“In Russia, people suffer from the stillness of time.”

People Suffering Russia Stillness

Author:Tatyana Tolstaya

“Gascoigne, Ben Jonson, Greville, Raleigh, Donne, Poets who wrote great poems, one by one, And spaced by many years, each line an act Through which few labor, which no men retract. This passion is the scholar's heritage”

Men Years Poetry Passion Lines Poet Labor Heritage Scholar Donne Raleigh

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come.”

Thinking Matter Rain Thoughtful Score

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead.”

Knows Men Mind Wells Looks Book Wisdom Passion He Man Immortal Unbroken

Book:The collected poems of Yvor Winters

Source: The collected poems of Yvor Winters

“Far out of sight forever stands the sea, Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.”

Forever Sea Land Sight Pale Tranquillity

Book:The collected poems of Yvor Winters

Source: The collected poems of Yvor Winters

“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”

Water Sea Shining Rose Whales Tents Spray Darkening

Book:The collected poems of Yvor Winters

Source: The collected poems of Yvor Winters

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