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“Eloquence is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, that they feel themselves interested, so that self-love leads them more willingly to reflection upon it.”

Way Feels Firsts May Self Pain Speak Pleasure Self Love Reflection Persuasion Eloquence Without Pain

Author:Blaise Pascal

“To speak impartially, both sayings are very true: that man to man is a kind of God; and that man to man is an arrant wolf. The first is true, if we compare citizens amongst themselves; and the second, if we compare cities.”

Ifs Men Firsts Kind Government Speak Cities Citizens Compare Very True

Book:Man and Citizen: De Homine and De Cive

Source: Man and Citizen: De Homine and De Cive

“It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.”

Life Writing Firsts Humans Moments Age Poetry Humanity Speak Language Subjects Poet Source Protect Elements Tragedy Ancient Illness Old Age Human Life Tragic

Author:Louise Bogan

“To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.”

Firsts Doe Christian Speak Religious Amendments First Amendment Freedom Of Religion

Author:William Anthony Donohue

“It becomes pretty crystal clear once you watch that first assembly [movie cut] the things that are just grinding it to a halt, so to speak, or slowing it down, or getting in the way, yeah.”

Way Firsts Speak Watches Clear Cutting Yeah Crystals Assembly Halt Slowing

Author:Todd Phillips

“Korea's first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago.”

“In my experience poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of response. Like lightning. Like falling in love.”

Firsts Fall Speak Sight Response Falling In Love Revelations Flash Lightning

Book:Disgrâce

Source: Disgrâce

“The Younger Generation comes, bringing its gifts. They are the first fruits of the Negro Renaissance. Youth speaks, and the voice of the New Negro is heard.”

Firsts Speak Voice Generations Heard Youth Fruit Renaissance Younger Generation

Author:Alain LeRoy Locke

“At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern. The freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty - and thus a good unto itself - but also is essential to the common quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. We have therefore been particularly vigilant to ensure that individual expressions of ideas remain free from governmentally imposed sanctions.”

“One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.”

Firsts Persons States Character Speak Conversation Observation

Author:Suzanne Curchod

“Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.”

Firsts Reason Truth Speak Common

Book:The Complete Essays of Montaigne (107 annotated essays in 1 eBook + The Life of Montaigne + The Letters of Montaigne)

Source: The Complete Essays of Montaigne (107 annotated essays in 1 eBook + The Life of Montaigne + The Letters of Montaigne)

“A religion addresses the longing in us to have that said from which we can go on to speak of next and next things rightly, in their immediate time - the telling of what came first and before done forever.”

Firsts Said Done Religion Next Speak Forever Goes On Longing Addresses

Author:Laura Riding

“we shall know that we have begun to speak true by an increased hunger for true-speaking; we shall have the whole hunger only after we have given ourselves the first taste of it.”

Knows Firsts Whole Truth Speak Given Taste Hunger

Author:Laura Riding

“Wine lovers all speak of their First Time, a quasi-spiritual moment of awakening to wine's wonderment. After that, it's a life sentence. I've seen it happen to even the most confirmed beer sluggers.”

Firsts Moments Happens Spiritual Speak Lovers First Time Wine Sentences Awakening Beer Wine Lovers

Book:The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine: An Entertaining Companion for Tasting It, Ordering It and Enjoying It

Source: The Cork Jester's Guide to Wine: An Entertaining Companion for Tasting It, Ordering It and Enjoying It

“Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.”

Firsts Mean Littles Two Purpose Speak Given Heaven Ears Tongue Thee Two Things Propose

Author:Hafez

“Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities and as individuals how we will proceed.”

People Firsts Wells Two Choices Individual Speak Community Path Fire Green Worn Prophecy Our Choices Two Paths

Author:Winona LaDuke

“Before you go further, let me tell you what a poem brings, first, you must know the secret, there is no poem to speak of, it is a way to attain a life without boundaries.”

Knows Way Firsts Speak Secret Let Me Boundaries

Book:Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems

Source: Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems

“The ancients could communicate with the gods in two ways. First, it was (and is) possible to go into a trance and visit the gods in their celestial retreats, as the great shamans have always done. More easily, and less dangerously, they could let the gods speak through code, that is, divination, using dice, entrails, bird patterns, yarrow sticks, cards.”

Way Firsts Two Done Speak Bird Sticks Patterns Communicate Cards Code Retreat Two Ways Paganism Celestial Dice Trance

Author:Rachel Pollack

“Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been involved in or at the helm of, is driven by rhythm, my band is driven entirely by rhythm, machine rhythm, and the purpose of the rock instrumentation is literally to speak the beats, to emulate the rhythms with guitars and bass, with very little articulation, and without being 'progressive'.”

Firsts Littles Has Beens Purpose Speak Creative Rocks Involved Band Beats Machines Instruments Guitar Driven Rhythm Etc Progressive Bass Emulate Helm Articulation Instrumentation

Author:Justin Broadrick

“For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to their thoughts, so to speak. They are not completely identified with their mind anymore and so they begin to sense that there is a depth to them that they had never known before.”

People Mind Firsts Spiritual Speak Known Depth Awakening Witness Spiritual Awakening Indication

Author:Eckhart Tolle

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