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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

How do I know what I have to say until I see what I have said? E. M.

How do I know what I have to say until I see what I have said? E. M.

Beauty holds more worth than gold.

 

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imaginations, we learned to talk.

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imaginations, we learned to talk.

You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.

Witness at all times. If necessary, use words. St.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. J. R.R.

 

He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. J. R. R.

 

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works... J. R. R.

As for everything else, so for mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.

As for everything else, so for mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.

Their plans were improved with the best advice. J. R.

 

We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to. J. R.

 

The life of the law has not been logic but experience.

Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful? E. M.

 

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves. E. M.

 

The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.

 

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. J. R. R.