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H.L. Mencken281
American journalist and writer 1880–1956Related quotes
“The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
La philosophie triomphe aisément des maux passés et des maux à venir. Mais les maux présents triomphent d'elle.
Maxim 22. Compare: "This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey", Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natured Man, Act i.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
David Korten (1937) writer, sustainability advocate
The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism (2012)
“[History] hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.”
Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer
The History of the World (1614), Preface
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Austrian Romantic composer
True genius without heart is a thing of nought - for not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius. - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, entry in Mozart's souvenir album (1787-04-11) from Mozart: A Life by Maynard Solomon [Harper-Collins, 1966, ISBN 0-060-92692-9], p. 312.
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Stendhal book The Charterhouse of Parma
Un être à demi stupide, mais attentif, mais prudent tous les jours, goûte très-souvent le plaisir de triompher des hommes à imagination.
Source: La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma) (1839), Ch. 10
Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
"Credo" at his official website http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/credo/; this may be partly influenced by remarks of Albert Einstein in "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck" The Saturday Evening Post (26 October 1929): I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. <br class="br">Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
