Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Alexander PopeRead
Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
Interpretation
The speaker is bidding farewell to a town filled with distractions and critics, seeking peace away from it.
In this quote, Alexander Pope expresses his desire to escape from the chaotic and judgmental environment of the town, filled with foolishness and distractions that hinder his peace. It reflects a yearning for tranquility away from those who criticize and trouble him, indicating a need for space to reflect and create without the interruptions from societal expectations and negativity.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about the impact of a noisy environment on creativity.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare; And beauty draws us with a single hair.
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;_x000D_ _x000D_ Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.
Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?
Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.
We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate.
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed through the Middle Ages. Rather mankind has retreated from the Middle Ages in reaction and rout. The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest sense,in its only sense, the patriotism of humans who love their national heritages so deeply that they wish to preserve them in safety for the common good.
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