Represent Parallel Notions

Famous quotes containing the words represent, parallel and/or notions:

“I rejoice that there are owls.... They represent the stark twilight and unsatisfied thoughts which all have.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The universe expects every man to do his duty in his parallel of latitude.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)