Familiarity Quote by Louisa Thomsen Brits

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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— Alberto Caeiro

“Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning of things.”

— Alberto Caeiro

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— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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— Tim Crane

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— Guy Murchie

“Things are not all so comprehensible and utterable as people would mostly have us believe; most events are unutterable, consummating themselves in a sphere…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“The better to understand the nature, manner, and extent of our knowledge, one thing is carefully to be observed concerning the ideas we have;…

— John Locke

“Since we cannot be universal and know all that is to be known of everything, we ought to know a little about everything. For…

— Blaise Pascal

“Any fact becomes important when it’s connected to another. The connection changes the perspective; it leads you to think that every detail of the…

— Umberto Eco

“The small details of life often hide a great significance.”

— Margaret Atwood