"You must learn some of my philosophy...." - Quote by Jane Austen
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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“Fraternal love, sometimes almost every thing, is at others worse than nothing.”
“The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.”
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“Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.”
“Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral systems are therefore particular, serving a specific purpose for their propagators or creators, and enforcing a certain regime that disciplines human beings for social life by narrowing our perspectives and limiting our horizons.”
“I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.”
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“As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and not about the present or the future, but about his old times. For there is where the pathos of his life lies - and the charm of it. The pathos of it is there because it was opulent with treasures that are gone, and the charm of it is in casting them up from the musty ledgers and remembering how rich and gracious they were.”
“We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.”
“I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment.”