"Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain." — Emma Lazarus

"Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain."

— Emma Lazarus

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13 Quotes by Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore,…
Still ours the dance, the feast, the glorious Psalm, The mystic lights of emblem, and the Word.
Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.
My own curiosity and interest are insatiable.
Thick February mists cling heavily To the dead earth and to each leafless tree, And closer down upon the hilltops…
I am never going to write for the sake of writing.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed,…
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet…
The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch.
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre…

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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… — 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… — 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

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