A single metaphor can give birth to love.

Milan Kundera

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The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

Aristotle

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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.

Octavio Paz

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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

Octavio Paz

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Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Joseph Campbell

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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

Joseph Campbell

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The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

Isaiah Berlin

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She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

Mahmoud Darwish

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Perhaps death is a metaphor to remind us of a secret of life we failed to notice.

Mahmoud Darwish

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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Orson Scott Card

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The only possible metaphor one may conceive of for the life of the mind is the sensation of being alive. Without the breath of life, the human body is a corpse; without thinking, the human mind is dead.

Hannah Arendt

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Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

Richard Dawkins

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The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.

Vincent Bugliosi

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Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Christopher Hitchens

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You should approach each book you should approach life-with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.

Sherman Alexie

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The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

José Ortega y Gasset

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Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

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" Quotes and Sayings About metaphor

A single metaphor can give birth to love.

Milan Kundera

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

Aristotle

Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.

Octavio Paz

Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

Octavio Paz

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Joseph Campbell

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

Joseph Campbell

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

Isaiah Berlin

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

Mahmoud Darwish

Perhaps death is a metaphor to remind us of a secret of life we failed to notice.

Mahmoud Darwish

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Orson Scott Card

The only possible metaphor one may conceive of for the life of the mind is the sensation of being alive. Without the breath of life, the human body is a corpse; without thinking, the human mind is dead.

Hannah Arendt

Richard Dawkins

The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.

Vincent Bugliosi

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Christopher Hitchens

You should approach each book you should approach life-with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.

Sherman Alexie

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

José Ortega y Gasset

Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

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" Quotes and Sayings About metaphor

A single metaphor can give birth to love.

Milan Kundera

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.

Aristotle

Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.

Octavio Paz

Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

Octavio Paz

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Joseph Campbell

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

Joseph Campbell

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

Isaiah Berlin

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

Mahmoud Darwish

Perhaps death is a metaphor to remind us of a secret of life we failed to notice.

Mahmoud Darwish

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Orson Scott Card

The only possible metaphor one may conceive of for the life of the mind is the sensation of being alive. Without the breath of life, the human body is a corpse; without thinking, the human mind is dead.

Hannah Arendt

Richard Dawkins

The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.

Vincent Bugliosi

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Christopher Hitchens

You should approach each book you should approach life-with the real possibility that you might get a metaphorical boner at any point.

Sherman Alexie

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man

José Ortega y Gasset

Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

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