Quotes About Clarity

Edmond did not lose a word, but comprehended very little of what was said.

Give me full details, if you please, and above all begin at the beginning. I like order in all things.

Before we are alarmed, we see correctly; when we are alarmed, we see double; and when we have been alarmed, we see nothing but trouble.

he spoke with so much simplicity that it was evident he spoke the truth, or that he was mad.

Time follows its course carrying events with it; what is obscure one evening, is often revealed the next.

Aika tuo selvyyttä. Asiat, jotka vielä eilen näyttivät hämäriltä, ovatkin huomenna päivänselviä.

Before one is afraid, one sees clearly; while one is afraid, one sees double; and after being afraid, one sees dimly. Danglars

Înainte de a-È›i fi fric?, vezi just; când È›i-e fric?, vezi dublu; iar dup? ce È›i-a fost fric?, vezi tulbure.

Hava hâlâ, grimtrak bulutlar aras?nda kaybolan uçsuz bucaks?z ufkun seçilebileceÄŸi kadar ayd?nl?kt?.

Avant d'avoir peur, on voit juste ; pendant qu'on a peur, on voit double ; et après qu'on a eu peur, on voit trouble.

Une illusion de moins, c'est une vérité de plus.

comme ses ordres étaient toujours clairs, précis et faciles à exécuter, ses compagnons lui obéissaient non seulement avec promptitude, mais encore avec plaisir.

Only a weak spirit sees everything from behind a dark veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is overcast, and that is why the sky seems stormy to you.

A proposition must be plain to be adopted by the understanding of a people. A false notion which is clear and precise will always meet with a greater number of adherents in the world than a true principle which is obscure or involved.

It has been noticed that, in the face of imminent danger, a man rarely remains at his normal level; he either rises well above himself or dips well below. The same happens to nations. Extreme dangers, instead of lifting a nation, sometimes end by bringing it low; they arouse its passions without giving them direction and confuse its perceptions without clarification.

To jaunte it was necessary (among other things) to know exactly where you were, and where you were going, or you had no hope of arriving alive anywhere.

The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.

Ignorance is no excuse when once we know that ignorance is the only possible excuse.

Definitions create conditions.

Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.

People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

Love was like that, like a dream you didn't quite understand, one in which you didn't necessarily know what you were looking at until it was right in front of you.

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.