A Quote by Horace
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
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In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In laboring to be concise, I become obscure.
[Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.]
Femininity itself has become a brand, a narrow and shrinking formula of commoditised identity which can be sold back to women who have become alienated from their own power as living, loving, labouring beings.
We inhabit an obscure planet, in an obscure galaxy, around an obscure sun, but on the other hand, modern human society represents one of the most complex things we know.
Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.
When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.
No man at bottom means injustice; it is always for some obscure distorted image of a right that he contends: an obscure image diffracted, exaggerated, in the wonderfulest way by natural dimness and selfishness; getting tenfold more diffracted by exasperation of contest, till at length it become all but irrecognis-able.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
I strive to be brief, and become obscure.
If you find something obscure fascinating, learn as much about it as you can, because there's a good chance it won't be obscure for long.
When I was setting out to be an artist, I said: If I can just produce one work that some people think is good, if I can become an obscure cult artist, that's all I want. Well, I attained that. I'm an obscure cult artist, and I think now, Why didn't I say I want to be another Picasso or something? What other options were open to me? But I was convinced I couldn't achieve great things because I don't have a steady-state mind.
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