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G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

G K Chesterton: Courage is almost...

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and...

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R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

I'll fill hup the chinks wi' cheese.

Source: Handley Cross, Ch. 1
-- R S...

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George Canning: And finds, with...

George Canning: And finds, with...

And finds, with keen, discriminating sight,
Black 's not so black, -- nor white so very...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Be wiser than...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Be wiser than...

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Source: Letter to...

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William E Gladstone: Nothing that is...

William E Gladstone: Nothing that is...

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Winston Churchill: I cannot forecast...

Winston Churchill: I cannot forecast...

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there...

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Ruth Westheimer: Don't stint on...

Ruth Westheimer: Don't stint on...

Don't stint on foreplay -- or afterplay. Be inventive!

Source: In Words of Wisdom,...

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Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Joyce Brothers: Accept that all...

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a...

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Abraham Maslow: Sometimes I think...

Abraham Maslow: Sometimes I think...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite...

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Jean Baudrillard: Every woman is...

Jean Baudrillard: Every woman is...

Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the...

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E Franklin Frazier: The Negro does...

E Franklin Frazier: The Negro does...

The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be seared...

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Patrick Henry: Perfect freedom is...

Patrick Henry: Perfect freedom is...

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of...

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Henry David Thoreau: Being is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Being is the...

Being is the great explainer.

Source: Journals, entry 26 Feb 1841.
-- Henry...

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Henry David Thoreau: That man is...

Henry David Thoreau: That man is...

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Source: Journals, entry...

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Henry David Thoreau: Explore thyself. Herein...

Henry David Thoreau: Explore thyself. Herein...

Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.

Source: Walden,...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Enid Bagnold: The great and...

Enid Bagnold: The great and...

The great and terrible step was taken. What else could you expect from a girl so expectant? 'Sex,' said Frank Harris,...

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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human...

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