Famous quotes containing the word capacity:
“The capacity to give ones attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
“Mans capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but mans inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
—Reinhold Niebuhr (18921971)
“There seems almost a general wish of descrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
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