Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Socrates, p. 107. Ellipsis in original.
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)
“One candle is enough. Its gentle light
will be more suitable, will be more gracious
when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.”
To Call Up the Shades http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=17&cat=1 <br class="br">Collected Poems (1992)
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel book Elements of the Philosophy of Right
Preface xxx
Variant: When philosophy paints its grey on grey, then has a shape of life grown old. By philosophy's grey on grey it cannot be rejuvenated but only understood. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
As translated by T. M. Knox, (1952) <!-- p. 13 -->
Source: Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820/1821)
Context: Only one word more concerning the desire to teach the world what it ought to be. For such a purpose philosophy at least always comes too late. Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering.
Robert Hall (1764–1831) British Baptist pastor
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 254.
“Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.”
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On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721), line 45.
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Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa...
e così esser l'un sanza l'altro osa
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Source: La Vita Nuova (1293), Chapter XVI (tr. Mark Musa)
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