"Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave."

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Source : Sir John Denham (1751). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.108

John Denham

#Ignorance Quotes #Light Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Self-plagiarism is style.”
“Literature and the other arts play with pattern - our brains understand our world by recognizing patterns - and with possibility. The arts harness our sharpest senses, sight and sound, and our richest ways of understanding, in language and narrative. They were our first schools before schools were ever invented. They develop our imaginations, extend our possibilities, and deepen what we can all share.”
“You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.”
“It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.”

Source : Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.191, Northwestern University Press
“I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.”
“We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see.”
“Broken people misuse their power while people who have values don't use their powers in a way that harms.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get.”

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