"Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldnâ€™t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn."

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Source : Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.161, University of Chicago Press

Stephen Vizinczey

#Play Quotes #Fire Quotes #Fingers Quotes

“Bohemia is a commune in which the Revolution is over and everyone is a member of the aristocracy”
“...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.”
“The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are always ready to improve our knowledge. Therefore a good scientist is never â€˜certainâ€™. Lack of certainty is precisely what makes conclusions more reliable than the conclusions of those who are certain: because the good scientist will be ready to shift to a different point of view if better elements of evidence, or novel arguments emerge. Therefore certainty is not only something of no use, but is in fact damaging, if we value reliability.”
“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”
“Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.153
“A head is not drawn until you can feel the unseen side.”

Source : Andrew Loomis (2017). “Drawing the head & hands”, p.24, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA
“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.”

Source : Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.65, Transaction Publishers
“Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.”

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