David Sørensen > David's Quotes

“ἀλλ' οἱ περὶ Χρύσιππον κἀνταῦθα τῇ λέξει μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς πράγμασι προσέχοντες τὸν νοῦν.”
― Galen

“Verum de nulla orationis parte praecipere difficilius est, quam de collocatione et usu coniunctionum.”
― Georgius Fabricius

“Cette fidélité aux vieux usages n'est pas sans quelque excuse ; les grammairiens de tous les temps ont si souvent abusé du néologisme et inventé des mots nouveaux pour des idées ou fausses ou sans valeur, que l'on peut savoir gré ceux qui se tiennent en garde contre la manie d'innover.”
― Emile Egger, Apollonius Dyscole: Essai Sur L'histoire Des Theories Grammaticales Dans L'antiquite.

“It is perhaps too much the case with the multitude in every nation, that as they know little beyond themselves, and their own affairs, so out of this narrow sphere of knowledge, they think nothing worth knowing.”
― James Harris, Hermes or a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

“DISCIPULUS. Placet mihi quod dicis. Quippe utile puto hoc cognoscere.
MAGISER. Recte putas.”
― Anselm of Canterbury

“καλῶς γὰρ εἴρηται τοῖς φιλοσόφοις, ὅτι ἑκάστη συμμετρία μία τις οὖσα δύο ἔχει ἀμετρίας παρακειμένας”
― Ammonius Hermiae

“τοίνυν οὔκ ἔστιν εὔλογον πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἀστέρων κινήσεις διοικεῖσθαι τὸν βίον· ἢ εἴπερ ἔστιν εὔλογον, ἡμῖν πάντως ἀκατάληπτον.”
― Sextus Empiricus, Sextus Empiricus

“Il est ridicule de penser qu’une nation éclairée ne soit pas plus heureuse qu’une nation ignorante.”
― Voltaire, Œuvres complètes - 109 titres et annexes

“εἰ δὲ καὶ περί τινων μὴ ἔχομεν εἰπεῖν αὐτέθεν ἀνωμαλίαν, λεκτέον ὅτι ἔν τισιν ἔθνεσιν ἀγνοονμένοις ἡμῖν ενδέχεται καὶ περί αὐτῶν εἶναι διαφωνίαν.”
― Sextus Empiricus

“Voilà notre état véritable. C'est ce qui resserre nos connaissances en de certaines bornes que nous ne pas sons pas, incapables de savoir tout, et d'ignorer tout absolument.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“Amerika underminerte den konservative grunnholdningen i Europa, fordi det nye kontinentet viste at den gamle kunnskapen ikke var fullstendig, at de klassiske tekstene ikke kunne svare på alle spørsmål, og at de dermed ikke kunne være kilden til all sannhet.”
― Gunnar W. Knutsen, Lange linjer i historien

“ἄμεινον γὰρ ὀλίγον ὀρθῶς ἢ πολὺν κακῶς πρᾶξαι χρόνον.”
― Julian the Apostate

“Barnehage, skole og andre formelle sosialisatorer har som særlig oppgave å produsere den kompetansen samfunnet renger og bringe samfunnets kulturarv videre gjennom reproduksjon i nye generasjoner.”
― Gunn Imsen, Elevens verden - Innføring i pedagogisk psykologi

“The ‘Elves’ are ‘immortal’, at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Es reicht nicht aus, potenzielle Problembereiche und Lernhürden zu identifizieren, sondern man muss auch rechtzeitig über geeignete Gegenmaßnahmen oder vorbeugende Maßnahmen nachdenken.”
― Friedhelm Padberg, Didaktik der Bruchrechnung

“– Mais…
– Assez. Quand la science a prononcé, il n’y a plus qu’à se taire.”
― Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre

“La science, mon garçon, est faite d’erreurs, mais d’erreurs qu’il est bon de commettre, car elles mènent peu à peu à la vérité.”
― Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre

“I think one of the mistakes many of us (including myself) make when speaking with atheists, agnostics, or any person who does not share our faith is to believe that we can argue them into seeing the truth. I do not believe this is possible. I have never known anyone who was successfully argued into a true, lasting faith.”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

“Lois de convention que tout cela, usages arbitraires, modes qui passent : l'essentiel demeure toujours.”
― Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

“Din dåd forsto jeg, -- ei ditt ord.”
― Henrik Ibsen, Brand

“Men, - men, - jo mer han så i det, jo klarere gikk det opp for ham, at det, når alt kom til alt, dog var der, - i kjærligheten - og merkelig nok ikke i hans embedskarriere eller stolte opposisjon, - at han hadde levd sitt egentlige innerste, dypeste liv gjennom sorg og glede.”
― Jonas Lie, Når solen går ned

“Landsbygdi klarar seg lengst; og Storbyen liver lengi paa aa blodsuge Bygdine. Men Rotinskapen én seg ut-yvi etterkvart; Den Dagen kjem, daa Lande au ligg ut-tært. Daa er Domen fallin.

Langt Liv kann berre det Folke vente, som held uppe Vyrdnaden for Far og Mor, og Vyrdnaden for det aa vera Far og Mor: Vyrdnaden for Live og Livsvokstren. Sæle dei Folki som ikkje fær for mykje Byar!”
― Arne Garborg, Heimkomin Son

“Al Udviking gaar i Circkler. Vi kommer en Dag tilbage til Barbariet igjen . . . det civiliserede Barbari; og da er vi frelste!”
― Arne Garborg, Weary Men