“It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for compassion from them. That is all; come to think of it, it may even be enough, generally speaking.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 182 of 303
“If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?”
“It is important to distinguish the difficulty of describing and learning a piece of notation from the difficulty of mastering its implications. [...] Indeed, the very suggestiveness of a notation may make it seem harder to learn because of the many properties it suggests for exploration.”
“Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?”
“Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.”
“However much we admire the orator's occasional bursts of eloquence, the noblest written words are commonly as far behind or abovethe fleeting spoken language as the firmament with its stars is behind the clouds.”
“Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.”
“As they say in geology, time never fails, there is always enough of it, so I may say, criticism never fails.”
“Time hides no treasures; we want not its then, but its now.”
“The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.”
“At present our only true names are nicknames.”
“The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent.”
“In the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons.”
“Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.”
“I think everybody reacts to entertainment with a different kind of visceral way, probably mostly based on their own personal experiences.”
“People are making a lot of music and higher and higher quality. I can't say the same thing for how people are listening to music. People are hearing music through terrible speakers, little computer speakers, there's a lot to get back to in terms of hi-fi and people listening to better quality, technically better quality music.”
“Decide not rashly. The decision made Can never be recalled. The gods implore not, Plead not, solicit not; they only offer Choice and occasion, which once being passed Return no more. Dost thou accept the gift?”
“More and more do I feel, as I advance in life, how little we really know of each other. Friendship seems to me like the touch of musical-glasses--it is only contact; but the glasses themselves, and their contents, remain quite distinct and unmingled.”
“Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.”
“Tolerance is a proof of distrust in one's own ideals.”