"Poetry being an attempt to express, not the……" — Marsilio Ficino
"Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet and inches, - but the beauty and soul in his aspect . . . runs into fable, personifies every fact. . . ."
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Marsilio Ficino
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25 Quotes by Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino has 25 quotes on this site.
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Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.
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What is odious but . . . people . . . who toast their feet on the register. . .…
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[Nature said] The sea shall disjoin the people [of England] from others, and knit them to a fierce nationality. It…
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In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I…
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There is a moment in the history of every nation, when . . . the perceptive powers reach their ripeness…
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The abstractionist and the materialist thus mutually exasperating each other, and the scoffer expressing the worst of materialism, there arises…
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The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.
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Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of…
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Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.
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Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society…
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You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.
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Never worry about anything. Live in the present. Live now. Be happy.
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More Aspect Quotes
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
— Isaac Asimov
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
— Margaret Atwood
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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand…
— Dean Acheson
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
— John Avlon
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
— Drew Barrymore
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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
— Beck
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control…
— Robert Foster Bennett
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
— Aaliyah
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an…
— Elizabeth Berkley
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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