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Letter "R" » reflections
«Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what?s on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections.»
«For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.»
«She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not care to be herself.»
«The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
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Historian,
Political scientist)
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Keywords:
back end,
bringing,
central,
commonplace,
conception,
constitution,
end point,
morals,
reflections,
spite,
studies,
The central,
The Turning Point,
to advantage,
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work in
«Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.»
Author: Cesare Pavese
(
Critic,
Novelist,
Poet,
Translator)
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About:
Childhood
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Keywords:
adolescence,
formed,
impressions,
maturity,
multiplied,
multiplied by,
reflections,
The Impressions
«What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.»
«I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections»
«My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter is; and were it, I'd not do so. This manner of thinking you find fault with is my sole consolation in life; it alleviates all my sufferings in prison, it composes all my pleasures in the world outside, it is dearer to me than life itself. Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking of others has been the source of my unhappiness.»
Author: Marquis De Sade
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Novelist)
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Keywords:
alleviated,
alleviates,
alter,
composes,
consolation,
dearer,
find fault,
for dear life,
hold dear,
reflections,
sole,
stemmed,
stems,
sufferings,
The Source,
The Way I Am,
unhappiness
«From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Animals
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Keywords:
displays,
eagle,
food for thought,
manifest,
oyster,
oysters,
portrayal,
portrayals,
reflections,
several,
swine,
The Eagle,
The Tiger,
tiger,
visible