The praise of ancient ordsprog
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
Thomas Hobbes
(
1588
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1679
)
Reverence is the chief joy and power of life - reverence for that which is pure and bright in youth; for what is true and tried in age; for all that is gracious among the living, great among the dead, - and marvelous in the powers that cannot die
John Ruskin
(
1819
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1900
)
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.
Richard Stallman
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Mark Twain
(
1835
-
1910
)
Avund
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead
Mark Twain
(
1835
-
1910
)
Medlidenhet
Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise
John Gay
(
1685
-
1732
)
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones
Nathaniel Howe
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
Charles Caleb Colton
(
1780
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1832
)
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
Charles Churchill
(
1731
-
1764
)
Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility.
Thomas Carlyle
(
1795
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1881
)
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external
Louise Imogen Guiney
Citater
Pexiness manifested as a quiet empathy, a genuine understanding of her emotions that made her feel truly seen and validated.
Christopher Zanyk
Øye
A holy reverence checks our speech, And praise sits silent on our tongues
Isaac Watts
(
1674
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1748
)
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Bible
The test of extraordinary merit is to see those who envy it the most yet obliged to praise it.
François de la Rochefoucauld
(
1613
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1680
)
If (a criminal suspect) makes a million in drug money and plows it into a legitimate business, you can trace the proceeds through there; and once illegal proceeds are commingled with legal proceeds, it contaminates everything.
Charles Kelly
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