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Very Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn
- There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling…
- There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself;…
- The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to…
- For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's…
- But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty…
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- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
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- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle. — Karen Armstrong