"Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead."

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Source : Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”

Ugo Betti

#Honest Quotes #Burial Quotes

“The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds.”

Source : "Absent Presences in Liminal Places: Murnau's Nosferatu and the Otherworld of Stoker's Dracula" by Saviour Catania in Literature Film Quarterly, 2004.
“When I meet a wind I cannot fight , I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2016). “The Susanna Kearsley Collection”, p.178, Allison & Busby Ltd
“A world state which which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist. The political world is a pluriverse, not a universe.”

Source : Carl Schmitt (2008). “The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition”, p.53, University of Chicago Press
“I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.”
“Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.”
“Said an opponent to me after my last protest was sent in, what party would you vote for, if you could? Neither. I would have a moral sentiment party. I would know the private character of my candidate, would know also whether he takes care of his own property - whether he had failed in business - if so, whether he had paid back every dollar of debt as fast as he had earned them. Yes, every candidate should be examined morally, and if it be found that he has not been true to the monitions of conscience in one direction, he cannot or will not be in another.”
“There is a strong sense of understanding, appreciation, shared responsibility, and trust that unites and motivates the team to work together.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Who becomes you? No one. No one should become me. When I die, I don't want my body or soul inhabited. I wouldn't wish me on anyone.”

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