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    Umberto Eco
    “Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequentur. grasp the words, and the subject will follow.”
    Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

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    John Ruskin
    “There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.”
    John Ruskin, Unto This Last

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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “What do you consider the most humane? - To spare someone shame. What is the seal of liberation? - To no longer be ashamed in front of oneself.”
    Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs



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