"Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'"

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Source : The Man of Genius pt. 1, ch. 2 (1891)

Cesare Lombroso

#Passages Quotes

“Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.”
“When I see the move of RFID into universities, it concerns me, ... It is sending a message that not only do we not have to worry about privacy but you can profit from it by a career perspective.”
“I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used to be frightened only one night a week but now I'm frightened of every performance. I mean really frightened.”
“If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”
“My definition of love is: Being willing to die for someone, that you yourself want to kill.”
“Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.”
“No two men are alike, and both of them are happy for it.”
“To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is an evil. Tell people that patriotism is bad and most will reply, 'Yes, bad patriotism is bad, but mine is good patriotism.'”

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