#centuries

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#always #appear #appetite #centuries #even

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#behind #building #centuries #coordinated #countries

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#courses #did #english #english literature #figured

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#bitterly #centuries #composers #dialogue #obsessively

Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#anybody #centuries #century #know #like

It's okay for Christians throughout centuries to exterminate races and for their priests to rape little kids throughout decades, but trying to give the people the power to think and be individual, that's evil? ↗

— Glenn Danzig

#christians #decades #evil #exterminate #give

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#centuries #culture #dies #educational #fade

One aspect of this is the way we have come during recent centuries to appreciate that the world and indeed the very universe in which we live have evolved over immense periods of time. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

#aspect #centuries #come #during #evolved

In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law. ↗

— Aly Khan

#basic #basis #built #centuries #developed

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. ↗

— Leo Rosten

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