On Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Ralph Waldo Emerson, p. 59.
Other writings, Felix Frankfurter Reminisces (1960)
“There must be several voices together in one voice for it to be beautiful. And several meanings in one word for it to be beautiful.”
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French moralist and essayist 1754–1824Related quotes
“The voice of one who goes before, to make
The paths of June more beautiful, is thine
Sweet May!”
May.
The Graves of a Household http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hemans/records/graves.html, st. 1.
Source: All Men are Mortal (1946), p. 5
“All beautiful words are susceptible to more than one meaning (or signification).”
“the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls”
“One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.”
Man büßt es theuer, unsterblich zu sein: man stirbt dafür mehrere Male bei Lebzeiten.
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Ecce Homo (1888)