"It is an altogether wrong idea that the modern product of civilization is less susceptible to love. I sometimes think it is the other way."

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Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897). “Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland”

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#Thinking Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line.”
“Israel is a very young country, a cultural melting pot, and unlike the structured life of the Orthodox Jews, I grew up in a non-religious part of society where people were totally open to new experiences on many levels. I learned that when things are missing, you invent them.”
“God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.”
“If you have a kid and you try irony out on them, they don't get it at 7, 8 years old. You can't really hide the Internet from kids. It worries me some particularly because I've done Disney and Pixar stuff.”
“The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.”
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

Source : "Gospel of John". 8:7,
“I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.”
“England, a happy land we know, Where follies naturally grow, Where without culture they arise, And tow'r above the common size.”

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