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Quote by Matthew Arnold
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and l

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. – Matthew Arnold

Other quotes by Matthew Arnold

Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. – Matthew Arnold

Category:
Beauty
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Matthew Arnold
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Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
The years that are not more. – Matthew Arnold

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Past, the
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Matthew Arnold
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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. – Matthew Arnold

Category:
Hope
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Light
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Love is not consolation. It is light. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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You cant have a light without a dark to stick it in. – Arlo Guthrie

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There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. – N.P. Willis

Category:
Light

Its not necessary to blow out your neighbors light to let your own shine. – M. R. Dehaan

Category:
Light

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