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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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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – 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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Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. – Octavio Paz

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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. – Felix Frankfurter

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