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Only Quotes by Robert Farrar Capon
- The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order…
- Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on…
- Every real thing is a joy, if only you have eyes and ears to relish it, a nose and tongue to taste it.
- Only miracle is plain; it is in the ordinary that groans with the weight of glory.
- The bread and the pastry, the cheeses and wine, and the sugar go into the Supper of the lamb because we do. It is our…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle