“The outward limit of human achievement.”
Of William Shakespeare's plays.
As quoted in The Economist, October 26th 2019, page 85.
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American literary critic and scholar 1930–2019Related quotes

Sec. 117
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: Children should not be suffer'd to lose the consideration of human nature in the shufflings of outward conditions. The more they have, the better humor'd they should be taught to be, and the more compassionate and gentle to those of their brethren who are placed lower, and have scantier portions. If they are suffer'd from their cradles to treat men ill and rudely, because, by their father's title, they think they have a little power over them, at best it is ill-bred; and if care be not taken, will by degrees nurse up their natural pride into an habitual contempt of those beneath them. And where will that probably end but in oppression and cruelty?

“Human talk is a centrifugal function, ever in flight outwards from what is on the talker's mind.”
"The Invincible Slave-owners"
Winter's Tales (1942)

“Turn off thoughts, limit the stimulus and commitment to achieve your goals.”
Original: (it) Spegni i pensieri, limitano lo stimolo e l'impegno per raggiungere le tue mete.
Source: prevale.net

Simon (1945, p. 240); As cited in:
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Source: The Invincible (1936), Ch. 1 Fearlessness

Source: Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland