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What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) Greek writer and philosopher
Zorba the Greek , ch. 23 (1946)
Added on 9-Nov-20 | Last updated 9-Nov-20
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Topics: dreams , drink , emotion , food , humanity , laughter , material , regret , sigh , sorrow , spirit , wine
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In looking at the world as it is , we shall find it folly to deny that, to worldly success, a surer path is Villainy than Virtue.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) American author, poet, editor, literary critic
Marginalia , June 1849 (1981)
Added on 2-Dec-14 | Last updated 2-Dec-14
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Topics: evil , material , success , villainy , worldly
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Whatever you can lose, reckon of no account.
Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings] , # 191 [tr. Lyman (1862)]
Added on 25-Jul-11 | Last updated 15-Feb-17
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Topics: loss , material , possession , value , worth
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The Christian determination to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
[Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.]
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
The Gay Science [Die fröhliche Wissenschaft] , Book 3, § 130 (1882) [tr. Hill (2018)]
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Source )
Also known as
La Gaya Scienza ,
The Joyful Wisdom , or
The Joyous Science .
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Source (German) ). Alternate translations:
The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad, has made the world ugly and bad.
[tr. Common (1911)]
The Christian resolve to find the world ugly and bad, has made the world ugly and bad.
[tr. Kaufmann (1974)]
The Christian decision to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
[tr. Nauckhoff (2001)]
Added on 27-Jul-09 | Last updated 14-Mar-24
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Topics: Christianity , confirmation bias , dualism , evil , existence , fall , life , material , perspective , world
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