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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Courage

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. My best friend just had a baby and she's my age. So I'm a godmom now which is crazy.
  • 2. This is the curse of our age even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
  • 3. An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I'll watch a Pixar movie over and over and over again. I'll be with friends of mine who have kids that want to watch 'Finding Nemo ' and I'm like 'Yeah okay let's watch 'Nemo' again for the seven billionth time! ' because they're amazing movies.
  • 2. It was amazing that during rehearsals without any of the costume on the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time I didn't know I was doing it.
  • 3. I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.
  • 2. When you are offended at any man's fault turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
  • 3. Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers for each rage leaves him less than he had been before – it takes something from him.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.
  • 2. Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary.
  • 3. Love grows more tremendously full swift poignant as the years multiply.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
  • 2. I am but an architectural composer.
  • 3. Architecture in general is frozen music.
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