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«Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece by thought, choice, courage and determination.»
Author: John Luther
| About:
Character
| Keywords:
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«A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them»
Author: Ninon de Lenclos
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
by choice, choice, Choicer, given, givens, loving, understanding, understandings, women
«Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions»
«Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day. Letters to a Young Poet»
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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«A man had given all other bliss, And all his worldly worth for this, To waste his whole heart in one kiss Upon her perfect lips»
«All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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function, given, givens, interpretation, is a, power, powered, power i, prevails, subject, subjecting, subject to, The Powers That Be, The Power and the, things, time, to the power, truth
«Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| About:
God,
Music,
Soul
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Art of, Beautiful Music, calm, calmed, calmer, calmest, calming, calms, delightful, given, magnificent, presents, Prophets, the art, The Prophets
«A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.»
«A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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access, Accessing, by ear, ears, experience, given, givens, him
«Eating words has never given me indigestion.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
World
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eating, given, indigestion
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