#acute

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humour and so little wit in their literature. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#being #exquisitely #genius #hence #humour

Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a substantial share of the responsibility for what has happened, but factors that made the crisis so acute and so difficult to contain lie in a broader set of global forces that built up in the years before the start of our current troubles. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#although #bear #before #broader #built

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#am #ask #aware #ballots #confirm

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#america #crisis #feeling #interested #long-term