Quote by Octavio Paz
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. – Octavio Paz

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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. – Octavio Paz

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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. – Henry David Thoreau

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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. – John Burroughs

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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. – Mary Wilson Little

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I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so. – Timothy White

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We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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