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Are there any concepts at all that are understood directly, without metaphor? If not, how can we understand anything at all?
“Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain
“What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
― Romeo and Juliet
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
― Romeo and Juliet
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
― Romeo and Juliet
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
― Romeo and Juliet
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
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