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“Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads.”

Artist Religious Land Poet Saint Lawyer Journalist Professors Businessman Sailor Statesmen Gangsters Parasites

Author:William C. Brown

“Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.”

Men Common Poet Hero Saint Philosopher Consent Common Things

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

“Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm.”

“Ordinary life was laced with miracles, I knew that, had read enough poetry to understand that we are elevated with the knowing, and yet it was difficult to notice and be grateful when one was continually fatigued and irritated. I suppose that unquenchable sense of wonder is what separates us dolts from the saints and the poets.”

Enough Difficult Wonder Knowing Poet Ordinary Miracle Grateful Saint Be Grateful Ordinary Life Irritated Sense Of Wonder

Author:Jane Hamilton

“Sacred scripture is of course the basic authority for everything; yet I sometimes run across ancient sayings or pagan writings - even the poets - so purely and reverently and admirably expressed that I can't help believing the author's hearts were moved by some divine power. And perhaps the spirit of Christ is more widespread than we understand, and the company of the saints includes many not on our calendar.”

Source: The Colloquies of Erasmus

“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”

Poet Saint Moderation Exuberance

Book:The Awful Rowing Toward God

Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God