Quote by Walter Pater
Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end. -

Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end. – Walter Pater

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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. – Walter Pater

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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. – Walter Pater

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In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike. – Walter Pater

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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom. – Samuel Dash

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What is truth? Truth doesnt really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that. – Tracey Emin

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Im not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing All the Way, I was really thinking about my wife. People dont know my personal experience, but they can tell its an honest interpretation. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience. – Hugh Mackay

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