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Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Edward Dahlberg: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is...

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Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time...

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Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

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Erich Segal: Love means never...

Erich Segal: Love means never...

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

Source: Love Story, 1970.
-- Erich...

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Epicurus: Of all things...

Epicurus: Of all things...

Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of...

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Epicurus: If thou wilt...

Epicurus: If thou wilt...

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Every word is...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Every word is...

Every word is a preconceived judgment.

Source: 'Human All-Too-Human'
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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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Mencius: Kindly words do...

Mencius: Kindly words do...

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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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: We are all,...

Sissela Bok: We are all,...

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both...

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Antisthenes: Pay attention to...

Antisthenes: Pay attention to...

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

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Friedrich Engels: Freedom is the...

Friedrich Engels: Freedom is the...

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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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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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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Friedrich Nietzsche: The growth of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The growth of...

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

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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.

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