Monday, May 05, 2003
�The poet�s expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.�
- Max Jacob (1876 � 1944), French writer and painter: �La D�fense de Tartufe�, 1919.
�I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don�t care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. I am at ease in my generation.�
- �mile Zola (1840 � 1902), French author: �My Hates�, 1866.
�The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.�
- Edmund Burke (1729 � 1797), Irish-born British statesman and philosopher: speech on Conciliation with America, 1775.
�There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.�
- Junius (1769 � 1772), Pen-name of anonymous author: �Letters�, 1769-1771.
�Man is not a solitary animal, and so long as social life survives, self-realization cannot be the supreme principle of ethics.�
- Bertrand Russell (1872 � 1970), English philosopher, mathematician, essayist and social reformer: �A History of Western Philosophy�, 1946.
- Max Jacob (1876 � 1944), French writer and painter: �La D�fense de Tartufe�, 1919.
�I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don�t care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. I am at ease in my generation.�
- �mile Zola (1840 � 1902), French author: �My Hates�, 1866.
�The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.�
- Edmund Burke (1729 � 1797), Irish-born British statesman and philosopher: speech on Conciliation with America, 1775.
�There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.�
- Junius (1769 � 1772), Pen-name of anonymous author: �Letters�, 1769-1771.
�Man is not a solitary animal, and so long as social life survives, self-realization cannot be the supreme principle of ethics.�
- Bertrand Russell (1872 � 1970), English philosopher, mathematician, essayist and social reformer: �A History of Western Philosophy�, 1946.
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