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> [Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of the highest admiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/admittedly-great-though-these-reasons-be-they-are-not-the-principal/)

[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/)

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## More by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

> [Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/spiritual-beings-either-from-the-beginning-or-soon-thereafter-become/)

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> [Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/admittedly-great-though-these-reasons-be-they-are-not-the-principal/)

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> [And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/and-if-happy-in-the-lot-of-no-created-thing-he-withdraws-into-the/)

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> [For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/for-why-should-we-not-admire-more-the-angels-themselves-and-the/)

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> [At last the best of artisans ordained that that creature to whom He had been able to give nothing proper to himself should have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/at-last-the-best-of-artisans-ordained-that-that-creature-to-whom-he/)

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> [“We have given you, O Adam, no visage proper to yourself, nor endowment properly your own, in order that whatever place, whatever form, whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/we-have-given-you-o-adam-no-visage-proper-to-yourself-nor-endowment/)

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> [If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/if-you-see-a-philosopher-determining-all-things-by-means-of-right/)

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> [God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/god-the-father-the-supreme-architect-had-already-built-this-cosmic/)

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> [Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/whatever-seeds-each-man-cultivates-will-grow-to-maturity-and-bear-in/)

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> [“...There, as the sacred mysteries tell us, the Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones occupy the first places; but, unable to yield to them, and impatient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/there-as-the-sacred-mysteries-tell-us-the-seraphim-cherubim-and/)

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> [The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/the-pythagoreans-degrade-impious-men-into-brutes-and-if-one-is-to/)

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> [On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/on-man-when-he-came-into-life-the-father-conferred-the-seeds-of-all/)

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> [We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So that with freedom of choice and with honor, As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/we-have-made-thee-neither-of-heaven-nor-of-earth-neither-mortal-or/)

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> [It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/it-was-not-the-part-of-his-kindly-love-that-he-who-was-to-praise-god/)

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> [But, when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone to ponder the plan of so great a work, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-pico-della-mirandola/but-when-the-work-was-finished-the-craftsman-kept-wishing-that-there/)

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