Gene, on war.
Source: A Separate Peace (1959), P. 193
“Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.”
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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American mythologist, writer and lecturer 1904–1987Related quotes
“London is the clearing-house of the world.”
Joseph Chamberlain
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Speech at Guildhall, London, Jan. 19, 1904.
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“I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.”
Stendhal
(1783–1842) French writer
Je ne vois qu'une règle: être clair. Si je ne suis pas clair, tout mon monde est anéanti.
Letter to Honoré de Balzac, Civita Vecchia (30 October 1840)
Mordechai Ben-Ari
(1948) Israeli computer scientist
Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 11, “Logic and Mathematics: Scientists Like It Clear and Precise” (p. 184)
“Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling,
and clear in wanting”
Fernando Pessoa
book
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Poem "D. Pedro", verses 1-2
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Original: Claro em pensar, e claro no sentir,
e claro no querer
“I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear.”
Nikos Kazantzakis
(1883–1957) Greek writer
Toda Raba (1934)
