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Clifton Fadiman
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“When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.”
Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Any Number Can Play," 1957
“An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.”
Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Unkempt Thoughts, St. Martin's Press (1962)
“Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphorist”
Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Both the aphorism and the poem channel man’s wild impulse to escape the systems another part of him has so carefully constructed.”
Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source