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pretends
«Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.»
«There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.»
Author: Solomon Ibn Gabirol ben Judah
(Jewish Leader, Philosopher, Poet)
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consult, consults, finally, pretends, types
«Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.»
«Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it -- they should, because they put it all in beforehand.»
Author: Saul Bellow
(Novelist)
| Keywords:
analyst, analysts, beforehand, investigate, investigates, investigating, pretends, psychoanalysis, The Analyst, unconscious
«It is only the savage, whether of the African bush or of the American gospel tent, who pretends to know the will and intent of God exactly and completely.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
African, Africans, gospel, intent, pretends, savage, tent
«An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to accept this or that idea, not only on the ground that believing in it is an act of virtue, but also on the ground that doing so is prudent, is both a fool and a knave»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
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| Keywords:
knave, pretends, prudent
