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“The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us.”

Art Philosophy Beautiful Beauty History Concern Beautiful Things

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“History is in a manner a sacred thing, so far as it contains truth; for where truth is, the supreme Father of it may also be said to be, at least, inasmuch as concerns truth.”

May Said Father History Truth Is Concern Sacred Supreme Sacred Things

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“The brutal soldiers satisfied their sensual appetites without consulting either the inclination or the duties of their female captives; and a nice question of casuistry was seriously agitated, Whether those tender victims, who had inflexibly refused their consent to the violation which they sustained, had lost, by their misfortune, the glorious crown of virginity. There were other losses indeed of a more substantial kind and more general concern.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“History in the making is a very uncertain thing. It might be better to wait till the South American republic has got through withits twenty-fifth revolution before reading much about it. When it is over, some one whose business it is, will be sure to give you in a digested form all that it concerns you to know, and save you trouble, confusion, and time. If you will follow this plan, you will be surprised to find how new and fresh your interest in what you read will become.”

Ifs Knows Giving Might Form Reading Waiting Interest History Plans Trouble Revolution News Concern Twenties South Confusion Republic Uncertain Fifth

Author:Anna Brackett

“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit

“Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.”

History Concern Core Amendments Unreasonable Statutes Framers Unreasonable Searches

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.”

Persons Understanding Women Nature Responsibility Family History Concern Family Responsibility

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their children, and their children and grandchildren remember and, if it concerns books, they can read them. And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings.”

Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway

“I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling, that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to embrace all people who are striving for alternatives in an increasingly dehumanized world. I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.”