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Letter "M" » momentary
«The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men»
Author: Jacob Bronowski
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Pain
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climbs, intoxication, momentary, pervert, The Wish
«Your worst humiliation is only someone else's momentary entertainment»
«Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.»
«There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.»
Author: Robert Lynd
(Essayist, Journalist)
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attracted, consecutive, flows, momentary, odd, sorts, surface of, The Amazing
«Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
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attained, defeat, momentary, tantamount, victory, violence
«When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.»
«The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom...in a clarification of life--not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.»
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