"I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom."

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John Lyly

#Wit Quotes #Committed Quotes #Idolatry Quotes

“Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.”

Source : Tom Holt (2008). “In Your Dreams”, p.91, Hachette UK
“A compliment makes someone feel good about themselves. A catcall is harassment.”
“It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.”
“All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified.”
“It is a commentary on Berlin in 1931 that ... it was 'My Yiddishe Momme' that the Berlin Broadcasting Company asked for.”
“Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that they no longer have any essential existence except in the visions in me.”
“The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.”

Source : Thomas Harris (1999). “Hannibal”
“I grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie.”

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