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Aristotle: The worst form...

Aristotle: The worst form...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Source: In The...

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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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William James: Success plus Self-esteem...

William James: Success plus Self-esteem...

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

Source: The Principles of Psychology,...

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Francis Bacon: Wives are young...

Francis Bacon: Wives are young...

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

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Francis Bacon: Look to make...

Francis Bacon: Look to make...

Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

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Saint Basil: He who sows...

Saint Basil: He who sows...

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

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Elijah Muhammad: Accept your place...

Elijah Muhammad: Accept your place...

Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world . . . The black man is the first...

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Robert Runcie: If our faith...

Robert Runcie: If our faith...

If our faith delivers us from worry, then worry is an insult flung in the face of God.

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Dogen: When we discover...

Dogen: When we discover...

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

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John Henry Newman: And with the...

John Henry Newman: And with the...

And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost...

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John Henry Newman: Nothing would be...

John Henry Newman: Nothing would be...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with...

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Martin Buber: Leisure is the...

Martin Buber: Leisure is the...

Leisure is the exultation of the possible.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Billy Sunday: Some persons think...

Billy Sunday: Some persons think...

Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious.

Source: In...

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Robert Burton: No rule is...

Robert Burton: No rule is...

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean de LaBruyere: A vain man...

Jean de LaBruyere: A vain man...

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of...

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Baltasar Gracian: A single lie...

Baltasar Gracian: A single lie...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Source: In Webster's...

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Richard Whately: Curiosity is as...

Richard Whately: Curiosity is as...

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Source: In...

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Desmond Tutu: Be nice to...

Desmond Tutu: Be nice to...

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Telling lies is...

Telling lies is...

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married...

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The trouble with...

The trouble with...

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is...

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