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Guy Davenport

"When Heraclitus said that everything passes steadily along, he was not inciting us to make the best of the moment, an idea unseemly to his placid mind, but to pay attention to the pace of things. Each has its own rhythm: the nap of a dog, the procession of the equinoxes, the dances of Lydia, the majestically slow beat of the drums at Dodona, the swift runners at Olympia."

Source : Guy Davenport (2013). “The Guy Davenport Reader”, p.224, Counterpoint

Guy Davenport

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“In such sad circumstances I but see myself exalted by my own enemies, for in order to defeat some small works of mine they try to make the whole rational medicine and anatomy fall, as if I were myself these noble disciplines.”
“Man is the summit, the crown of nature's development, and must comprehend everything that has preceded him, even as the fruit includes within itself all the earlier developed parts of the plant. In a word, Man must represent the whole world in miniature.”

Source : Lorenz Oken, Alfred Tulk (1847). “Elements of Physiophilosophy”, p.2
“Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.”

Source : Marjorie M. Liu (2008). “The Iron Hunt”, p.49, Penguin
“The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.”
“It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.”
“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.”
“Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.”
“You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.”

Source : Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.7, First Avenue Editions

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