Quote Genre: Absurd

Proverb – ‘Ab absurdo – From the absurd…

‘Ab absurdo – From the absurd.’

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Unknown – ‘Only those who attempt the a…

‘Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.’

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Jonathan Swift – ‘Brutes find out where their …

‘Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and … Continue reading

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Albert Camus – ‘The absurd is the essential …

‘The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘… There can be no doubt ab…

‘… There can be no doubt about faith and not reason being the ultima ratio. Even Euclid who has laid himself as little open to the charge of credulity as any writer who ever lived cannot get beyond this. He … Continue reading

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘Absurdity n. A statement or …

‘Absurdity n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with ones own opinion.’

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Agnes Repplier – ‘People who cannot recognize …

‘People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘To pardon those absurdities …

‘To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we condemn in others is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘What shall I do with this ab…

‘What shall I do with this absurdity O heart O troubled heartthis caricature Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dogs tail? Never had I more Excited passionate fantastical Imagination nor an ear and eye That … Continue reading

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Soren Aabye Kierkegaard – ‘The absurd … the fact that…

‘The absurd … the fact that with God all things are possible. The absurd is not one of the factors which can be discriminated within the proper compass of the understanding: it is not identical with the improbable the unexpected … Continue reading

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