"The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded……" — Marsilio Ficino
"The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm, perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door, is an emblem of the state of man."
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Marsilio Ficino
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25 Quotes by Marsilio Ficino
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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 Blinded Quotes
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O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because…
— Symeon the New Theologian
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
— John Calvin
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The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it.
— Billy Graham
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Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees…
— Martin Luther
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Romantic poetry and fiction of the last 2000 years has blinded us to the fact that emotions are a low…
— Timothy Leary
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Scientists have reaped rich rewards, they have sat high in government councils and have been blinded by the attractiveness of…
— Frank Press
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The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but…
— Richey Edwards
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In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor…
— Thomas Paine
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I think if you want to eat more meat you should kill it yourself and eat it raw so that…
— Margi Clarke
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Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like…
— Leonid Andreyev
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But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation…
— Albert Einstein
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I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty…
— Werner Bischof
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