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Obscure Quotes

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care Picture Quote #1

Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell them at parties, and suddenly we realize that those two very difficult years of our lives have become lumped together into a few episodes that have lodged in our memory in a standardized form, and are always told in a standardized way, in the same words. But in fact that lump of memories has nothing whatsoever to do with our experience of those two years in the army and what it has made of us Picture Quote #1

Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of a desire for fundamental communication with the reader Picture Quote #1

Under the present conditions, everything conspires to obscure the basic movement that tends to restore wealth to its function, to gift - giving, to squandering without reciprocation Picture Quote #1

Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrument; could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious Picture Quote #1

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God Picture Quote #1

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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort Picture Quote #1

One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them Picture Quote #1

Golf is an ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with implements ill adapted to the purpose Picture Quote #1

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary Picture Quote #1

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away Picture Quote #1

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around Picture Quote #1

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The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure Picture Quote #1

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs Picture Quote #1

Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light Picture Quote #1

Among all the world's races, some obscure Bedouin tribes possibly apart, Americans are the most prone to misinformation. This is not the consequence of any special preference for mendacity, although at the higher levels of their public administration that tendency is impressive. It is rather that so much of what they themselves believe is wrong Picture Quote #1

People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music Picture Quote #1

It's a pity if someone… has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heart's ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it Picture Quote #1

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As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging compulsion to complicate things Picture Quote #1

I still think the revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small Picture Quote #1

I find that life is easier when it is just a blur with no details to confuse who or what or where I was so when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure Picture Quote #1

Perhaps the clue lay in indispensibility. I was being taught some obscure metaphysical lesson about the place of man in existence, about the limitations of the egocentric view Picture Quote #1

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity Picture Quote #1

Let not ambition mock their useful toil, their homely joys, and destiny obscure; nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, the short and simple annals of the poor Picture Quote #1

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The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions Picture Quote #1

There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth Picture Quote #1

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it Picture Quote #1

If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It’s not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one’s ever heard about Picture Quote #1

Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place Picture Quote #1

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that’s not equity, it’s just creating a society where you can’t ask anything of people Picture Quote #1

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What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care (Obscure Quotes) Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell them at parties, and suddenly we realize that those two very difficult years of our lives have become lumped together into a few episodes that have lodged in our memory in a standardized form, and are always told in a standardized way, in the same words. But in fact that lump of memories has nothing whatsoever to do with our experience of those two years in the army and what it has made of us (Obscure Quotes) Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact, the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of a desire for fundamental communication with the reader (Obscure Quotes) Under the present conditions, everything conspires to obscure the basic movement that tends to restore wealth to its function, to gift - giving, to squandering without reciprocation (Obscure Quotes) Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrument; could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious (Obscure Quotes) I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God (Obscure Quotes) A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort (Obscure Quotes) One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them (Obscure Quotes) Golf is an ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with implements ill adapted to the purpose (Obscure Quotes) The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary (Obscure Quotes) Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away (Obscure Quotes) Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around (Obscure Quotes) The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure (Obscure Quotes) Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs (Obscure Quotes) Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light (Obscure Quotes) Among all the world's races, some obscure Bedouin tribes possibly apart, Americans are the most prone to misinformation. This is not the consequence of any special preference for mendacity, although at the higher levels of their public administration that tendency is impressive. It is rather that so much of what they themselves believe is wrong (Obscure Quotes) People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music (Obscure Quotes) It's a pity if someone… has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heart's ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it (Obscure Quotes) As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging compulsion to complicate things (Obscure Quotes) I still think the revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small (Obscure Quotes) I find that life is easier when it is just a blur with no details to confuse who or what or where I was so when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure (Obscure Quotes) Perhaps the clue lay in indispensibility. I was being taught some obscure metaphysical lesson about the place of man in existence, about the limitations of the egocentric view (Obscure Quotes) So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity (Obscure Quotes) Let not ambition mock their useful toil, their homely joys, and destiny obscure; nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, the short and simple annals of the poor (Obscure Quotes) The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions (Obscure Quotes) There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth (Obscure Quotes) The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it (Obscure Quotes) If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It’s not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one’s ever heard about (Obscure Quotes) Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place (Obscure Quotes) The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that’s not equity, it’s just creating a society where you can’t ask anything of people (Obscure Quotes)

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