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Moderns Quotes

But we moderns are impatient and destructive Picture Quote #1

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space Picture Quote #1

Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry Picture Quote #1

The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions Picture Quote #1

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns Picture Quote #1

That’s why moderns have to have hobbies. They can’t find satisfaction in their money-earning work, so many seek creative satisfaction in model planes and trains Picture Quote #1

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You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply repeat it. Humans can...how do you moderns say it...think outside the cup Picture Quote #1

The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections Picture Quote #1

Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding Picture Quote #1

Whenever we moderns pause for a moment, and enter the silence, and listen very carefully, the glimmer of our deepest nature begins to shine forth, and we are introduced to the mysteries of the deep, the call of the within, the infinite radiance of a splendor that time and space forgot Picture Quote #1

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age Picture Quote #1

Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there Picture Quote #1

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The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of the press is the capital and so to speak the constitutive element of freedom Picture Quote #1

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while Picture Quote #1

The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest Picture Quote #1

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition Picture Quote #1

If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them Picture Quote #1

In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming Picture Quote #1

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The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns Picture Quote #1

The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for us but to glean after the ancients and the ablest amongst the moderns Picture Quote #1

I have studied the art of the masters and the art of the moderns, avoiding any preconceived system and without prejudice. I have no more wanted to imitate the former than to copy the latter; nor have I thought of achieving the idle aim of art for art’s sake Picture Quote #1

It were indeed to be wish’d that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those instruments of war, which were unknown to the ancients, and have made such havoc among the moderns. But as men have always been bent on seeking each other’s destruction by continual wars; and as force, when brought against us, can only be repelled by force; the chief support of war, must, after money, be now sought in chemistry Picture Quote #1

We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod Picture Quote #1

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin Picture Quote #1

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From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be Picture Quote #1

To many moderns, [love] is something that is only a part of us rather than something of which we are a part Picture Quote #1

In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book Picture Quote #1

The difference between ancients and moderns is that the ancients asked what have we experienced, and moderns asked what can we experience Picture Quote #1

The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use Picture Quote #1

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But we moderns are impatient and destructive (Moderns Quotes) Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space (Moderns Quotes) Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry (Moderns Quotes) The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions (Moderns Quotes) Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns (Moderns Quotes) That’s why moderns have to have hobbies. They can’t find satisfaction in their money-earning work, so many seek creative satisfaction in model planes and trains. (Moderns Quotes) You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply repeat it. Humans can...how do you moderns say it...think outside the cup. (Moderns Quotes) The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections (Moderns Quotes) Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding (Moderns Quotes) Whenever we moderns pause for a moment, and enter the silence, and listen very carefully, the glimmer of our deepest nature begins to shine forth, and we are introduced to the mysteries of the deep, the call of the within, the infinite radiance of a splendor that time and space forgot (Moderns Quotes) Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age (Moderns Quotes) Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there (Moderns Quotes) The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of the press is the capital and so to speak the constitutive element of freedom (Moderns Quotes) It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while (Moderns Quotes) The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest (Moderns Quotes) If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition (Moderns Quotes) If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them (Moderns Quotes) In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming (Moderns Quotes) The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns (Moderns Quotes) The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for us but to glean after the ancients and the ablest amongst the moderns (Moderns Quotes) I have studied the art of the masters and the art of the moderns, avoiding any preconceived system and without prejudice. I have no more wanted to imitate the former than to copy the latter; nor have I thought of achieving the idle aim of art for art’s sake (Moderns Quotes) It were indeed to be wish’d that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those instruments of war, which were unknown to the ancients, and have made such havoc among the moderns. But as men have always been bent on seeking each other’s destruction by continual wars; and as force, when brought against us, can only be repelled by force; the chief support of war, must, after money, be now sought in chemistry (Moderns Quotes) We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod (Moderns Quotes) Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin (Moderns Quotes) From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be (Moderns Quotes) To many moderns, [love] is something that is only a part of us rather than something of which we are a part (Moderns Quotes) In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book (Moderns Quotes) The difference between ancients and moderns is that the ancients asked what have we experienced, and moderns asked what can we experience (Moderns Quotes) The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use (Moderns Quotes)