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«Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.»
«Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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About:
Majority
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Keywords:
accommodate,
accommodated,
accommodates,
accommodating,
assimilate,
assimilated,
assimilating,
in the least,
knaves,
predecessors,
revolting,
toddle,
toddles,
toddling,
vigorous
«The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.»
«Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward»
«I want to be understood; to be quite frank, the friend of the human race is not in the least my role.»
«I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.»
Author: Socrates
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Philosopher)
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About:
Poetry,
Wisdom
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Keywords:
decided,
deliver,
enabled,
inspiration,
instinct,
in the least,
messages,
poetry,
poets,
Prophets,
seers,
sublime,
such as
«I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.»
«The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees.»
Author: William James
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Philosopher,
Psychologist)
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Keywords:
decreeing,
decrees,
fatal,
free will,
incompatible,
in the least,
provided,
providence,
restrict,
restricted,
restricting,
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