#momentary

He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace. ↗

— Eugene Field

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Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. ↗

— John Keats

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Passion is momentary; love is enduring. ↗

— John Wooden

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. ↗

— Robert Frost

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There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. ↗

— Robert Wilson Lynd

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Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process. ↗

— Jean Piaget

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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beside #childhood #conjure #fleeting #lake

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. ↗

— Roman Polanski

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