“In Lyra’s heart, revulsion struggled with compassion, and compassion won.”
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 13 : Fencing
“Asino quippe lyra superflue canit.”
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Jerome
It is idle to play the lyre for an ass.
Letter 27; Translated by W.H. Fremantle, G. Lewis and W.G. Martley. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 6. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3001.htm
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Jerome 52
Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church 345–420Related quotes
Aurelius Augustinus
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Patrologia Latina, vol. 37, p. 1922
“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.”
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
Letter to Rene Lui Descartes XIV (6 March 1540) As quoted in Character Sketches: Or, The Blackboard Mirror (1890) by George Augustus Lofton, p. 432.
“A barren superfluity of words.”
Samuel Garth
(1661–1719) British writer
The Dispensary, Canto II, line 95.
“Superfluous and should be abolished.”
Joe Higgins
(1949) Irish socialist politician
Higgins rendered President Mary McAleese speechless in September 2004 by telling her on the telephone what her office was. Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/joe-has-earned-his-place-in-the-big-house-484237.html
The Master and Lyra, in Ch. 4 : The Alethiometer
His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995)
Context: "Lyra, I'm going to give you something, and you must promise to keep it private. Will you swear to that?"
"Yes," Lyra said.
He crossed to the desk and took from a drawer a small package wrapped in black velvet. When he unfolded the cloth, Lyra saw something like a large watch or a small clock: a thick disk of gold and crystal. It might have been a compass or something of the sort.
"What is it?" she said.
"It's an alethiometer. It's one of only six that were ever made. Lyra, I urge you again: keep it private. It would be better if Mrs. Coulter didn't know about it. Your uncle — "
"But what does it do?"
"It tells you the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself. Now go — it's getting lighter — hurry back to your room before anyone sees you."
First line, introducing Lyra Belacqua (also known as Lyra Silvertongue), in Ch. 1 : The Decanter of Tokay
His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995)
“That questionable superfluity—small beer.”
Douglas William Jerrold
(1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
The Tragedy of the Till, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).