#meaning of

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.' ↗

— Cesare Lombroso

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The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. ↗

— Rene Magritte

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The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

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How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! ↗

— Samuel Adams

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

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I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#even #everyone #fallen #get #i

The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#gain #image #meaning #meaning of #results

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#already #any #ask #book #cannot

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all. ↗

— Black Elk

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