Honorius Augustodunensis quotes
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“Universitas in modo citharae sit disposita, in qua diversa genera in modo chordarum sit consonantia. The universe is arranged like a cithera, in which different kinds of things sound together harmoniously, just as they do in a chord.”
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“Quid confert animae pugna Hectoris, vel disputatio Platonis, aut carmina Maronis, vel neniae Nasonis? Of what benefit to the soul are the struggles of Hector, the disputations of Plato, the songs of Virgil, or the dirges of Ovid?”
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“The love that loves a scarlet coat Should be more uniform.”
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“I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away!”
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“Holland?lies so low they're only saved by being dammed.”
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“How is the soul profited by the strife of Hector, the arguments of Plato, the poems of Virgil, or the elegies of Ovid, who, with others like them, are now gnashing their teeth in the prison of the infernal Babylon, under the cruet tyranny of Pluto?”
-- Honorius Augustodunensis
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“I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.”
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“I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?”
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“My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)”
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Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.218, Simon and Schuster
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