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“The reality of a question is inevitably more complicated than we would like to suppose.”
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“To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury....”
― Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
― Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
― The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Poetry or science, what matters is saying it how you see it. Saying precisely what and how you saw, and no more. In science, poetry or describing a journey, accuracy is all you can do. Saying it as you saw.”
― Tigers In Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers
― Tigers In Red Weather: A Quest for the Last Wild Tigers
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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