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Inspirational Quotes by Natalie Clifford Barney
- Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
- Novels are longer than life.
- We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.
- There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack…
- It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.
- Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
- To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
- With renunciation life begins.
- Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity....
- It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
- My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento