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#permanence

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Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence.


Alberto Savinio


#death #desire #destiny #fiction #future

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.


Robert Frost


#nature #poem #nature

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.


Tryon Edwards


#basis #been #demonstrated #fact #faith

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.


David Vitter


#history #institution #marriage #our #permanence

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.


Zhuangzi


#away #cling #depended #everything #gradually

...and here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad...gilded with impermanence...


John Geddes


#impermanence #secret #temporary #beauty

La beauté qui parle aux yeux, reprit-elle, n’est que le prestige d’un moment; l’œuil du corps n'est pas toujours celui de l'âme." ("The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes," she continued, "is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.") [Le beau Laurence]


George Sand


#eyes #perception #permanence #soul #transience

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.


Edward Thorndike


#animal #associations #case #complexity #delicacy

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.


Kabir


#impermanence #old-songs #sword-sentiments #wisdom #zen

A thousand years ago five minutes were Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and Infinite aftertime: above your head They close like giant wings, and you are dead.


Vladimir Nabokov


#impermanence #time #equality






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