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Isaac Singer: The waste basket...

Isaac Singer: The waste basket...

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Henri Bergson: Genius is that...

Henri Bergson: Genius is that...

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

Source: In The New...

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Henri Bergson: The present contains...

Henri Bergson: The present contains...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the...

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Mencius: He who wishes...

Mencius: He who wishes...

He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

Source: Works, translated by...

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Albert Camus: To know oneself,...

Albert Camus: To know oneself,...

To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Psychology is action, not thinking about...

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Arthur Schopenhauer: Politeness is to...

Arthur Schopenhauer: Politeness is to...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Source: In The Book of...

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Giambattista Vico: The nature of...

Giambattista Vico: The nature of...

The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Don't get involved...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Don't get involved...

Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single...

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Gaston Bachelard: A word is...

Gaston Bachelard: A word is...

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The...

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Socrates: When desire, having...

Socrates: When desire, having...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the...

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James Michener: It heartens me...

James Michener: It heartens me...

It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his...

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Stendhal: I call crystallization...

Stendhal: I call crystallization...

I call crystallization that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of...

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Sholem Asch: The lash may...

Sholem Asch: The lash may...

The lash may force men to physical labor: it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

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Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Every physician almost hath his favorite disease.

Source: Tom Jones, bk. 2, ch. 9,...

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Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use...

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George MacDonald: To have what...

George MacDonald: To have what...

To have what we want is riches; but to do without is power.

Source: In The...

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Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Source:...

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Peter Abrahams: Many have changed...

Peter Abrahams: Many have changed...

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on that own...

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Chinua Achebe: When old people...

Chinua Achebe: When old people...

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which...

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Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

Source: Vagabonds,...

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