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Holy Quotes - Page 6

The temple is holy because it is not for sale.

"Ezra Pound". Poem by Ezra Pound, 1925.

To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.

Hector Berlioz (1935). “Memoirs of Hector Berlioz from 1803 to 1865: comprising his travels in Germany, Italy, Russia, and England”

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

Italo Calvino (1988). “Six Memos for the Next Millennium”, p.19, Harvard University Press

At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.

Arthur Golden (2008). “Memoirs Of A Geisha”, p.187, Random House

Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.

William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.198