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World Quotes - Page 395

Intellectualism' is the belief that our mind comes upon a world complete in itself, and has the duty of ascertaining its contents; but has no power of re-determining its character, for that is already given.

William James, Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, Ignas K. Skrupskelis (1979). “Some Problems of Philosophy”, p.111, Harvard University Press

What works in the real world is cooperation.

Bill Clinton's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.234, Delphi Classics

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858

In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world.

"William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

World, you are beautifully drest.

William Brighty Rands (1871). “Lilliput Lectures”, p.22

One hundred artists introduce us to one hundred worlds.

"Abstract Expressionist Painting in America". Book by William Chapin Seitz, p. 136 : in Artists Club, January 8, 1952, 1983.

Love itself draws on a woman nearly all the bad luck in the world

Willa Cather (2011). “My Mortal Enemy”, p.24, Vintage

In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever.

Willa Cather (1992). “Stories, Poems, and Other Writings”

From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon.

Wilhelm Dilthey, Rudolf A. Makkreel, Frithjof Rodi (1991). “Introduction to the Human Sciences”, p.51, Princeton University Press