![[Allegory] is a flight by which the human wit attempts at one and the same time to investigate two objects, and consequently is fitted only to the most exalted geniuses.](/assets/img/quote-photos/allegory-is-a-flight-by-which-the-human-wit-attempts-at-one-and-the-same-time-t.jpg)
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I can't be bothered to go to the gym, though. I honestly just can't be bothered - it's the most boring thing on Earth. I have tried and every six months I go 'right, I'm going to the gym'. Then I do it for two weeks and get so bored by it. Carol Vorderman
two way arguing
There are two ways to argue with a woman, and neither of them work. Carlos Boozer
two firsts thirds
You must see that if two things are alike, then it is a further question whether the first is copied from the second, or the second from the first, or both from a third. C. S. Lewis
two rabbits three
At least he went on saying this till Aslan had loaded him up with three dwarfs, one dryad, two rabbits, and a hedgehog, that steadied him a bit.
two voice piano
The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices. Agnes Obel
two people black
To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote. Agnes Varda
two half lines
Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it. Aaron Tveit
two people looks
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for. Aaron Sorkin
two stupidity littles
There are two fools in every marketplace; one asks too little, one asks too much. Alan Sugar
genius film my-favorite
My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films. Aaron Yoo
genius toil flight
Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions. Charles Dickens
genius reason highest
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. Charles Caleb Colton
genius literature nodding
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
genius literature may
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.
genius talent particular
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.
genius eccentricity
Eccentricities of genius.
genius leicester jumpers
Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius. Brian Clough
genius individual
Genius is individual, scenius is communal. Brian Eno
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Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience.
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Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film. Alan Rudolph
language programming programming-languages
The greatest single programming language ever designed Alan Kay
language building programming
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.
language resilient stills
Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. Diane Wakoski
language english-language
There is the English language and then there's the Trump language. David Brooks
language disturbing
The language you are about to hear... is disturbing. Dave Chappelle
language prison foreign-language
Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison! David Mitchell
language internet mediums
The internet is an amazing medium for languages, David Crystal