"Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease."

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Source : "The Art of Poetry (Canto I)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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“I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.”

Source : Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.187, Emblem Editions
“Attempts to wake before our time are often punished, especially by those who love us most. Because they, bless them, are asleep. They think anyone who wakes up, or who, still asleep, realizes that what is taken to be real is a â€˜dreamâ€™ is going crazy.”
“God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels”
“The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.”
“To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.”
“I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.”
“Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.”
“Education provides the fullest opportunities for fulfilling ourselves. It is the access to all that a person has yet to learn.”

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