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“You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there was great latitude, and the musician could improvise to his heart's content; and the more the variations and combinations, the greater the musician.”

Way Heart Certain Song Music Greater Musician Combination Variation Latitude

Book:Commentaries on Living 1

Source: Commentaries on Living 1

“The fact that the evil ones, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit that they may be justly executed, for the danger which threatens from their way of life is greater and more certain than the good which may be expected from their improvement.”

Way May Long Doe Facts Life Is Certain Evil Greater Danger Errors Expected Improvement Death Penalty

Book:Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence

Source: Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence

“To believe in'the greater good' isto operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.”

Believe Certain Greater Ethical Greater Good Suspension

Author:Joan Didion

“The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life. Relatively few are free enough from the spell of the daily routine to respond to rappings from outside, and tales of ordinary feelings and events, or of common sentimental distortions of such feelings and events, will always take first place in the taste of the majority; rightly, perhaps, since of course these ordinary matters make up the greater part of human experience.”

Source: H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)

“Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.”

Needs Humans Soul Facts Spirit Certain Universe Emotion Greater Expression Despair Findings Profound Boredom Sublime Human Spirit Boundless Human Emotions

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“We cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God.”

Ifs Knows Believe Wells May Reason Certain Greater Love You Neighbor Loving God

Author:Teresa of Avila

“If letters did not exist, what dark depressions would come over one! When one has been worrying about something and wants to tell a certain person about it, what a relief it is to put it all down in a letter! Still greater is one's joy when a reply arrives. At that moment a letter really seems like an elixir of life.”

Ifs Want Persons Has Beens Stills Moments Seems Joy Certain Dark Worry Greater Letters Relief That Moment Elixir Elixir Of Life

Author:Sei Shonagon