“There seem near as many people that want passion as want reason.”
Essays on Men and Manners (1804)
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“What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.”
Roland Barthes (1915–1980) French philosopher, critic and literary theorist
"Le monde où l'on catche," in Mythologies (1957)
“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook K (1789-1793)
“And homeless near a thousand homes I stood,
And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Guilt and Sorrow, st. 41 (1791-1794) Section XLI.
Context: And oft I thought (my fancy was-so strong)
That I, at last, a resting-place had found:
'Here: will I dwell,' said I,' my whole life long,
Roaming the illimitable waters round;
Here will I live, of all but heaven disowned.
And end my days upon the peaceful flood—
To break my dream the vessel reached its bound;
And homeless near a thousand homes I stood,
And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.
Ken Robinson (1950) UK writer
TED Conference http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html (2010)