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Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Source: In Correct...

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John Osborne: She's like the...

John Osborne: She's like the...

She's like the old line about justice - not only must be done but must be seen to be done.

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Pierre Corneille: We triumph without...

Pierre Corneille: We triumph without...

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Source: Le Cid,...

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Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Source: In NY Times, 1 Oct 72
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Robert Browning: Where the heart...

Robert Browning: Where the heart...

Where the heart lies, let the brain lie also.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Thomas Otway: Ambition is a...

Thomas Otway: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by...

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Leonardo da Vinci: Time stays long...

Leonardo da Vinci: Time stays long...

Time stays long enough for those who use it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Man Ray: To me, a...

Man Ray: To me, a...

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

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John Berger: A peasant becomes...

John Berger: A peasant becomes...

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the...

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John Berger: Publicity is the...

John Berger: Publicity is the...

Publicity is the life of this culture -- in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive -- and at the...

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Cecil Beaton: Be daring, be...

Cecil Beaton: Be daring, be...

Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision...

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G C Lichtenberg: Just as the...

G C Lichtenberg: Just as the...

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a...

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G C Lichtenberg: The Greeks possessed...

G C Lichtenberg: The Greeks possessed...

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of mankind which we apparently can hardly attain without going through the...

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Isaac Asimov: Scientific apparatus offers...

Isaac Asimov: Scientific apparatus offers...

Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time...

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Herbert Spencer: In science the...

Herbert Spencer: In science the...

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: It is human...

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

Source: On...

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Shimon Peres: It is not...

Shimon Peres: It is not...

It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting -- their geographical situation has been...

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Shimon Peres: Television has made...

Shimon Peres: Television has made...

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

Source: From...

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Mikhail Gorbachev: Surely, God on...

Mikhail Gorbachev: Surely, God on...

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement . . . in...

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Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the...

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