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  1. ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

         ORDRE TU Rose qui me regardez, présence sans son nom, rose penchée qui me tendez le monde, vous tremblez. Et je vous prie encore, silencieuse très nue, mon admirable en vain, de penser pour moi qui pense mal à vous. * Enveloppe du silence, mutisme du solstice, le rayonnement pourtant d'une rose dans l'or absent, où l'éloquence écoute. * Signe, cette rose, toute seule contre un ciel abandonné des ors mortels de l'automne. Mes mots se sont enfuis, que l'opéra […]

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  2. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    But, as we have seen, many people try to conceal their poverty of thought under a flood of verbiage.
     
    [Aber freilich suchen viele Schriftsteller gerade unter dem Wortüberfluß ihre Gedankenarmuth zu verbergen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

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  3. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    But, as we have seen, many people try to conceal their poverty of thought under a flood of verbiage.
     
    [Aber freilich suchen viele Schriftsteller gerade unter dem Wortüberfluß ihre Gedankenarmuth zu verbergen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

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  4. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    But, as we have seen, many people try to conceal their poverty of thought under a flood of verbiage.
     
    [Aber freilich suchen viele Schriftsteller gerade unter dem Wortüberfluß ihre Gedankenarmuth zu verbergen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

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  5. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    But, as we have seen, many people try to conceal their poverty of thought under a flood of verbiage.
     
    [Aber freilich suchen viele Schriftsteller gerade unter dem Wortüberfluß ihre Gedankenarmuth zu verbergen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

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  6. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    But, as we have seen, many people try to conceal their poverty of thought under a flood of verbiage.
     
    [Aber freilich suchen viele Schriftsteller gerade unter dem Wortüberfluß ihre Gedankenarmuth zu verbergen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

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  7. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
     
    [Viele Worte machen, um wenige Gedanken mitzutheilen, ist überall das untrügliche Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; das des eminenten Kopfes dagegen, viele Gedanken in wenige Worte zu schließen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

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  8. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
     
    [Viele Worte machen, um wenige Gedanken mitzutheilen, ist überall das untrügliche Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; das des eminenten Kopfes dagegen, viele Gedanken in wenige Worte zu schließen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #schopenhauer #arthurschopenhauer #communication #content #eloquence #genius #loquaciousness #mediocrity #pithiness #thought #wordiness #writing

  9. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
     
    [Viele Worte machen, um wenige Gedanken mitzutheilen, ist überall das untrügliche Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; das des eminenten Kopfes dagegen, viele Gedanken in wenige Worte zu schließen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #schopenhauer #arthurschopenhauer #communication #content #eloquence #genius #loquaciousness #mediocrity #pithiness #thought #wordiness #writing

  10. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
     
    [Viele Worte machen, um wenige Gedanken mitzutheilen, ist überall das untrügliche Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; das des eminenten Kopfes dagegen, viele Gedanken in wenige Worte zu schließen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #schopenhauer #arthurschopenhauer #communication #content #eloquence #genius #loquaciousness #mediocrity #pithiness #thought #wordiness #writing

  11. A quotation from Schopenhauer

    To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
     
    [Viele Worte machen, um wenige Gedanken mitzutheilen, ist überall das untrügliche Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; das des eminenten Kopfes dagegen, viele Gedanken in wenige Worte zu schließen.]

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher
    Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, ch. 23 “On Authorship and Style [Über Schriftstellerei und Stil],” § 283 (1851) [tr. Saunders (1890)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #schopenhauer #arthurschopenhauer #communication #content #eloquence #genius #loquaciousness #mediocrity #pithiness #thought #wordiness #writing

  12. @mcourcel Now that is truly fascinating. #JFW running #Eloquence elongated the r for a spell and then inexplicably switched to saying r ' r ' r ' I wonder why.