“Consider lost all the time in which you do not think of divinity.”
Sentences of Sextus
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Quintus Sextius14
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1860s, First Inaugural Address (1861)
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Session 771, Page 75
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Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) painter from Hungary
The Positivum. Written between 1910 - 1920.
Context: You, faulty men! Not only got lost on the way of charlatains, but contravened against the divine nature. Weren't settled for the wealthy, clear air, you bewitched it with smoke and burnt smell, you weren't settled for the best spring water, you filled up yourself with several kinds of hard drinks, the sun shined for you in vain, you didn't behold it...
“When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think”
Tom Schulman (1950) American film director, screenwriter
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