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“Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.”

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Baltasar Gracian, born on January 8, 1601 and died on December 6, 1658, was a renowned Spanish writer, philosopher, and theologian. He is known for his profound philosophical thoughts and unique literary style. more

“Brutes gaze on sights, they are arrested by sounds; and what they see and what they hear are sights and sounds only. The intellectof man, on the contrary, energises as well as his eye or ear, and perceives in sights or sounds something beyond them. It seizes and unites what the senses present to it; it grasps and forms what need not be seen or heard except in detail. It discerns in lines and colors, or in tones, what is beautiful and what is not. It gives them a meaning, and invests them with an idea.”

Men Needs Giving Wells Ideas Eye Beautiful Form Sound Lines Heard Color Ears Sight Details Contrary Senses Perceive Tone His Eyes Humankind Brutes Arrested Sight And Sound

Author:John Henry Newman

“I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.”

Years Past Remember Pride Spite

Author:John Henry Newman

“We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.”

Ifs Knows Mind Ignorant

Book:Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects

Source: Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects

“This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.”

Men Want Wells Persons Said Church Party Judging Guides Sensible Sober Charybdis Scylla

Author:John Henry Newman

“How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? ... Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists.”

People Long Poor Liberty Property Inequality

Author:Alexander Hamilton

“The more one is hated, I find, the happier one is.”

Hate Hated

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose.”

Want Reason Reality Dies Hell Prose Wanting To Die Delirium I Want To Die

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine

“The situation the Earth is in today has been created by unmindful production and unmindful consumption. We consume to forget our worries and our anxieties. Tranquilising ourselves with over-consumption is not the way.”

Way Has Beens Today Earth Growth Forget Situation Worry Anxiety Productions Consumption

Author:Nhat Hanh

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