Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

Regarder, c’est-à-dire oublier les noms des choses que l’on voit.

Paul Valéry

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Names Perception

Author

Paul Valéry

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox Zen koan

Language

French

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Valéry, Paul. Quoted in Robert Irwin: A Way to Look at Things by Not Forgetting Their Names, written by Adrian Kohn. c. 1982.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Wind, Sand and Stars
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

Another quote originally in French

The easy, gentle and sloping path…is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

Michel de Montaigne

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Topic
Formation of character

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Michel de Montaigne
Source
Of Cruelty Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Cruaute [Of Cruelty]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Cruelty." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

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Bad luck

Author

Cormac McCarthy
Source
No Country for Old Men
Medium
Novel
Genre
Western literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, ch. 9.