"Language makes infinite use of finite media." — Wilhelm von Humboldt
"Language makes infinite use of finite media."
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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41 Quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt has 41 quotes on this site.
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet…
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Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a…
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Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit…
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It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
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How a person masters his or her fate is more important than what that fate is.
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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not…
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If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which…
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Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation's culture as its language.
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Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the…
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If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind…
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has…
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The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes.…
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More Finite Quotes
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one of 322 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running…
— Neil Armstrong
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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.
— Robert Browning
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless
— Justin Rosenstein
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The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the…
— Unknown Author
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is…
— Ted Danson
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
— Thomas Huxley
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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that…
— Fred Hoyle
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We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation…
— Immanuel Kant
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We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false…
— Blaise Pascal
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