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«The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.»
«Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.»
Author: Barbara Pym | About: Quotations | Keywords: obscure, quotations, well-read
«The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.»
Author: Edward R. Murrow (Journalist) | Keywords: obscure
«The first step to wisdom is to avoid the common fallacy which considers everything profound that is obscure»
Author: Gregory Nunn | About: Wisdom | Keywords: considers, fallacies, fallacy, obscure
«The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!»
«There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet) | About: Facts, Truth | Keywords: facts, obscure, obscures, obscurest, obscuring
«Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity»
«The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that gives us our own small satisfactions.»
«The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.»
«The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure.»

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