“Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.”
— Diogenes
Author: Diogenes
Category: music
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“A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.”
— Anthony Hecht
Author: Anthony Hecht
Category: best
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“The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.”
— Simon Wiesenthal
Author: Simon Wiesenthal
Category: forgiveness
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“England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.”
— Daniel Radcliffe
Author: Daniel Radcliffe
Category: home
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