All Quotes By Tag: Subtlety
“…were these Essays of mine considerable enough to deserve a critical judgment, it might then, I think, fallout that they would not much take with common and vulgar capacities, nor be very acceptable to the singular and excellent sort of men; the first would not understand them enough, and the last too much; and so they may hover in the middle region.”
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Tag:
abecedarian,
average,
criticism,
doctoral,
essays,
ignorance,
in-between,
judgement,
knowledge,
subtlety,
“The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right.I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, “Fuck subtle.”
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“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.”
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