"'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in their mind to refer to, as a painter refers to his model, and which they can study closely before they start laying down rules about what is fair or right or good where they are needed, or maintaining, as Guardians, any rules that already exist.' 'Yes, blind is just about what they are'"

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Plato

#Reality Quotes #Men Quotes #Words Of Wisdom Quotes

“But it takes a lot of money to live freely by the sea.”
“I think so often, especially if the work is perceived of as being drawn from life, the woman, not her book, is reviewed.”
“I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over by it -- and am never surprised by injustice, malice or personal attack.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“Time is the wisest of all counselors.”
“I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me.”
“For it is a horrible blasphemy to imagine that there is any work by which you should presume to pacify God, since you see that there is nothing which is able to pacify Him but this inestimable price, even the death and the blood of the Son of God, one drop of which is more precious than the whole world.”
“I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.”
“When I go and work with people, I never say, 'Your dog is changed for the rest of its life.' It's like a diet. You've got to maintain a discipline and ritual in your life to keep a certain figure.”

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