"My reading of philosophy and history is desultory;……" — F. Sionil Jose
"My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little."
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F. Sionil Jose
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58 Quotes by F. Sionil Jose
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists…
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They…
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on…
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You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often…
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct.…
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the…
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they…
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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how…
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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest…
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in…
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I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so…
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More Desultory Quotes
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All good intellects have repeated, since Bacon's time, that there can be no real knowledge but that which is based…
— Auguste Comte
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There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held…
— Samuel Johnson
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Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might…
— William Cowper
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He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet…
— James Boswell
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Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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— MrAwesome
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One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of…
— Bernard Cornwell
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