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«What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust.»
Author: Vicomte de Valmont
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bounds, inspired, prompted, prompting, sanctioned, sanctions, yield
«We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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belong to, climbing, close to, custom, dancing, leaping, lonesome, mountains, open air, paths, preference, prompt, prompting, The Sea, thoughtful
«Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.»
«Thou at first prompting of what I call God,/ And fools call Nature, didst hear, comprehend,/ Accept the obligation laid on thee.»
«We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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animated, animates, deceived, entangle, entangled, entangling, fallacies, motives, obstructed, obstructing, obstructs, prompted, prompting, seduced
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