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Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.

Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen.
[Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]

He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen.
[Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]

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Like beauteous flowers which vainly waste their scent
Of odours in unhaunted deserts.

Like beauteous flowers which vainly waste their scent
Of odours in unhaunted deserts.

by Edward Chamberlayne Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.

As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.

by George Chapman Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

by Marshall Mcluhan Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

by James K. Feibleman Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who read more

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.

by Thomas Hardy Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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