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William R Alger: The wealth of...

William R Alger: The wealth of...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

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Israel Zangwill: Scratch the Christian...

Israel Zangwill: Scratch the Christian...

Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan -- spoiled.

Source: Sons of the...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: The characteristic of...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: The characteristic of...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to...

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Socrates: I decided that...

Socrates: I decided that...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration,...

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Socrates: Let him that...

Socrates: Let him that...

Let him that would move the world, first move himself.

Source: In Reader's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The growth of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The growth of...

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.

Source:...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Out of life's...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Out of life's...

Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Source:...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Beggars. . ....

Friedrich Nietzsche: Beggars. . ....

Beggars. . . should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to...

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John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Herman Wouk: We are in...

Herman Wouk: We are in...

We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama...

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Charles Reade: The joys we...

Charles Reade: The joys we...

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

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Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Surely a king who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory.

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Betty Smith: There's a tree...

Betty Smith: There's a tree...

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

The truth is not so good a story.

Source: The Firebrand, 1987.
-- Marion Zimmer...

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Nella Larsen: Why couldn't she...

Nella Larsen: Why couldn't she...

Why couldn't she have two lives, or why couldn't she be satisfied in one place?

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Don Delillo: Film is more...

Don Delillo: Film is more...

Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It's another part of the twentieth-century mind. It's the world seen...

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Norman Douglas: To know oneself...

Norman Douglas: To know oneself...

To know oneself is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.

Source: In The...

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Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Harry Crews: Teaching, real teaching,...

Teaching, real teaching, is -- or ought to be -- a messy business.

Source: Personal...

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Harry Crews: What the artist...

Harry Crews: What the artist...

What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.

Source:...

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