#master

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. ↗

— Sallust

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I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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The family is one of nature's masterpieces. ↗

— George Santayana

#masterpieces #nature

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. ↗

— George Santayana

#consistent #easier #fact #false #in fact

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

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A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. ↗

— George Savile

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When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. ↗

— George Savile

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