“Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.”
A Short History of Decay (1949)
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Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) British filmmaker
Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) German jurist, political theorist and professor of law
Source: Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.”
Robert Greene book The 48 Laws of Power
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer
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Source: The Visitor (2002)
Context: You asked for wisdom? Hear these words. Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
“Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying”
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
“As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.”
Thomas Traherne (1636–1674) English poet
First Century, sect. 8.
Centuries of Meditations
“We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.”
M. H. Abrams (1912–2015) American literary theorist
Cornell Chronicle interview (1999)
Context: We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.