Esaias Tegner quotes
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“A sense of justice is a noble fancy.”
-- Esaias TegnerSource : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.79
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“In Phebus realm, in knowledge as in verse,All things are clear, the sun of Phoebus clear,Clear was his crystal, the Kastalian.What you cannot clearly say, you don't know:To tongue of man his thought brings word:What's said obscurely is what's thought obscurely.”
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“A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.”
-- Esaias TegnerSource : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.41
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“A woman's honor rests on manly love.”
-- Esaias TegnerSource : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.78
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“We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.”
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“O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.”
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“Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.”
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Source : "Discovering the cosmos". Book by R.C. Bless, p. 686, 1996.
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“Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero.”
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“A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.”
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