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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

1844–1900

"I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer."

"In the morning there was a big wind blowing and the waves were running high up on the beach and he was awake a long time before he remembered that his heart was broken."

"[On Bernard Shaw] An excellent man: he has no enemies, and none of his friends like him."

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🇦🇺William Shakespeare

Literature

English Renaissance

1948–2010

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."

"The day of your birth is one day’s advance towards the grave."

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🇺🇸Ralph Waldo Emerson

Literature

Western philosophy

1803–1882

"He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Literature

Age of Enlightenment

1749–1832

"Only mankind Can do the impossible: He can distinguish, He chooses and judges, He can give permanence To the moment."

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

"I have just noticed in the 2nd edition of The Times that the Prussian Second Chamber has finally done something worthwhile. We shall soon have revolution."

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🇫🇷Albert Camus

Literature

continental philosophy

1913–1960

"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

"There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power."

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🇺🇸Henry David Thoreau

Literature

Western philosophy

1817–1862

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.."

"From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you."

"“New friends, however, will not be the same.” No, nor will you yourself remain the same; you change with every day and every hour."

"For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been given to us, the ultimate, the final problem and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation."

"What one refuses in a minuteNo eternity will return."

"The king has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time."

"On ne reçoit pas la sagesse, il faut la découvrir soi-même après un trajet que personne ne peut faire pour nous, ne peut nous épargner."

"The best things in life make you sweaty."

"His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before."

"The Seven Books on the Art of War" at the Marxists Internet Archive"

"Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity –"

"         Of all the floures in the mede, Than love I most these floures whyte and rede, Swiche that men callen daysies in our toun."

"For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home."

"Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment."

"I will write the evangel-poem of comrades and of love."

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🇩🇪Friedrich Hölderlin

Philosophy

Idealism

1770–1843

"Wer das Tiefste gedacht, liebt das Lebendigste."

"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul"

"I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff."

"Don’t hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son."

"Out of love, God becomes man. He says: "See, here is what it is to be a human being."

"Thus fought the heroes, tranquil their admirable hearts, violent their swords, resigned to kill and to die."

"Darkness may hide the treesand the flowers from the eyesbut it cannot hidelove from the soul."

"God, the Great Giver, can open the whole universe to our gaze in the narrow space of a single land."

"First get rid of the delusion “I am the body,” then only will we want real knowledge."

"Abraxas was the god who was both god and devil."

"Does one ever know oneself why one laughs?"

"How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into."

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