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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 11 September 2006
A quel pietoso fonte, onde siam tutti,
S'assembra ogni beltà che qua si vede,
Più c'altra cosa alle persone accorte;
from sonnet "Veggio nel tuo bel viso, Signor mio"
Translated by Luciano Rebay, Invitation to Italian Poetry http://books.google.com/books?id=zAnjAbsgY0gC&pg=PA77 (1969), p. 77
Variant translations:
To those who are wise, nothing more resembles that merciful spring whence all derive than every beauty to be found here;
Translated by Christopher Ryan, The poetry of Michelangelo: An Introduction http://books.google.com/books?id=Iot1KpxQJpsC&pg=PA103 (1988), p. 103
Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
“And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
From, Light on Carmel: An Anthology from the Works of Brother John of Saint Samson, O.Carm.
Source: Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle (1960), p. 33
Context: Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 373.
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think