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«Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.»
Author: Alan Watts
(Interpreter, Thinker, Writer)
| Keywords:
arranged, arranges, badly, comparisons, constellation, constellations, right and wrong
«The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.»
«We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
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Dreams
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act as, comparison, comparisons, doings, logical, Nothing yet, purposeful, sleep, strange
«What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
comparison, comparisons, front, in front, pales, paling
«True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.»
Author: Stendhal
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comparison, comparisons, frequent, frequented, frequenting, frequents, pay for, price, standard, terrors, The Standard, True Love
«There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Losing,
Trying
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comparison, comparisons, succeeding
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