The act of naming
The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind Elias Canetti
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The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind Elias Canetti
Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world’s history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish … Read more
Death is a great revealer of what is in a man, and in its solemn shadow appear the naked lineaments of the soul. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn forms and awful penalties, and after all it is nothing but a lie. It rots a land and corrupts a people like any other lie, and by and by the white light of God’s truth shines clear through it, … Read more
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon. Edward Young
The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Edward Young
The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man’s work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past. Edward Mills Purcell
It is an author’s most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will? Edward Abbey
There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell. Edward Alsworth Ross
The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves. E. L. Doctorow