Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.
Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.
Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.
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