“Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
La superstition met le monde entier en flammes; la philosophie les éteint. <br class="br"> Dictionnaire philosophique http://www17.us.archive.org/stream/dictionnairephil08volt/dictionnairephil08volt_djvu.txt (1822), "Superstition" <br class="br">Citas
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) English churchman and historian
Of Anger.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
“And sometimes even music
Cannot substitute for tears.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
The Cool, Cool River
Song lyrics, The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“When in Love,
body, mind, heart and soul don't even exist.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Lorsque les femmes nous aiment, elles nous pardonnent tout, même nos crimes; lorsqu'elles ne nous aiment pas, elles ne nous pardonnent rien, pas même nos vertus! <br class="br"> La Muse du Département http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Muse_du_d%C3%A9partement_-_II_-_34 (1843), translated by James Waring, part II, ch. XXXIV (part XIII in the translated version).
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet
Già la notte oscura
Avea tutti del giorno i raggj spenti;
E con l'oblío d'ogni nojosa cura
Ponea tregua alle lagrime, ai lamenti.
Canto III, stanza 71 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“Love is so small it can tear itself through the eye of a needle”
Michael Ondaatje book The English Patient
Source: The English Patient
