Martin Svoboda
@quick, member from April 4, 2011
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“O learn to read what silent love hath writ: To hear with eyes belongs to love´s fine wit.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Source: Sonnet XXIII
Context: As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put besides his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love’s right,
And in mine own love’s strength seem to decay,
O’ercharged with burthen of mine own love’s might.
O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast;
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express’d.
O, learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love’s fine wit.
“Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Source: King Lear (1608), Act I, scene 4, line 369
“All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”
Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
“One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
Socrates (-470–-399 BC) classical Greek Athenian philosopher
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry book The Little Prince
Source: The Little Prince, Chapter 21
“Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/19/heaven-for-climate/
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Incorrectly attributed to Tolkien. It is a line from the Hobbit movie that did not appear in the books.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
“If we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Context: 'Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,' he said slowly, 'likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last march of the Ents. But if we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later. That thought has long been growing in our hearts; and that is why we are marching now. It was not a hasty resolve. Now at least the last march of the Ents may be worth a song.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Context: Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight? A man may do both, said Aragorn. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Context: Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien book The Fellowship of the Ring
Source: The Fellowship of the Ring, Poem Riddle of Strider
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
Source: The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Context: PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?
GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.
GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.