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Paul La Farge
“The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. The second worst mistake is to think you aren't looking through the lens of your prejudices.”
Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean

Herman Melville
“I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.”
Herman Melville

“Another old friend who came to pay his respects [to the recently elected Urban VIII] and collect his reward was Buonarroti, who, like Strozzi, judged the new court guilty of excess. "Music always and always poetry / music and poetry morning and night / music in every time and season." "I would rather hear frogs sing.”
J.L. Heilbron, Galileo

Geoffrey Chaucer
“Lust is addicted to novelty.”
Geoffrey Chaucer

Thomas à Kempis
“If you cannot sing like the lark and the nightingale, sing like the raven and the frogs in the pond. They sing as God has given them to sing.”
Thomas à Kempis, Sermons to the Novices Regular

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