| William Blake 28.11.1757 London – 12.8. 1827 London; englischer Dichter, Maler, Grafiker |
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| To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. Beginn von "Auguries of Innocence", online auf  Auguries of Innocence –
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| Edward Morgan Forster 1.1. 1879 London – 7. 6. 1970 Coventry; englischer Dichter – Wikipedia |
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| "To trust people is a luxury in
which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it."
S. 33, Kap. 5 (Margaret Schlegel:) "The German is always on the lookout for beauty. He may miss it through stupidity, or misinterpret it, but he is always asking beauty to enter his life, and I believe that in the end it will come." S. 72, Kap. 9 Mrs. Wilcox: "We never discuss anything at Howards End." S. 73, Kap. 9 Über ein reichen Londoner Geschäftsmann: "... true insight began just where his intelligence ended ..." S. 106, Kap. 13 Alle Zitate aus Howards End, 
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| Oliver Goldsmith 10. 11. 1728 Smith-Hill House bei Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland – 4. 4. 1774 London; irischer Schriftsteller und Arzt |
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| "There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher." Genaue Quelle unbekannt | |
| "This same philosophy is a good
horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey." The Good-Natured Man, zitiert nach The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations, Ware, 1996 Wird meist verkürzt zu: "Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey." |
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| Thomas Gray 26.12. 1716 – 30.7. 1771 |
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| "Ignorance is bliss" – "Unwissenheit ist ein
Segen" stammt aus dem Gedicht von Thomas Gray: "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1742):
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© by Herbert Huber, Am Fröschlanger 15, 83512 Wasserburg, Germany, 16.4.2007