A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom. — Quoted

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“A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.”

Richard Le Gallienne · Wisdom

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Richard Le Gallienne

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.

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Richard Le Gallienne

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Beauty

Richard Le Gallienne

We also maintain - again with perfect truth - that mystery is more than half of beauty, the element of strangeness that stirs the senses through the imagination.

Beauty

Richard Le Gallienne

All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.

Religion