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Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and...

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Lao-Tzu: A journey of...

Lao-Tzu: A journey of...

A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet.
A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of...

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Democritus: Hope of ill...

Democritus: Hope of ill...

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Sissela Bok: Liars share with...

Sissela Bok: Liars share with...

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

Source: Lying,...

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Antisthenes: It is better...

Antisthenes: It is better...

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the...

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Friedrich Engels: Everything must justify...

Friedrich Engels: Everything must justify...

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up...

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Alan W Watts: Zen. . ....

Alan W Watts: Zen. . ....

Zen. . . does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is...

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Epicurus: It is not...

Epicurus: It is not...

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help...

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Epicurus: A free life...

Epicurus: A free life...

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or...

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Razors pain you<br>Rivers...

Razors pain you
Rivers...

Razors pain you
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses...

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Excuse me, everybody,...

Excuse me, everybody,...

Excuse me, everybody, I have to go to the bathroom. I really have to telephone, but I'm too embarrassed to say...

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This play John...

This play John...

This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening...

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The only 'ism'...

The only 'ism'...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Most good women...

Most good women...

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

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It's a pleasure...

It's a pleasure...

It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the...

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The painter constructs,...

The painter constructs,...

The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.

Source: On Photography, The...

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We live under...

We live under...

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and...

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Familiarity confounds all...

Familiarity confounds all...

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction: interest and prejudice take away the power of...

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The busier we...

The busier we...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Source: In

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The art of...

The art of...

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

Source: The Round Table, vol. 1, On...

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