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Robert Burton: Idleness is an...

Robert Burton: Idleness is an...

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Source: Anatomy of Melancholy, pt. 1, sct. 2,...

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Robert Burton: I write of...

Robert Burton: I write of...

I write of melancholy, by being busy to avoid melancholy.

Source: 'The Anatomy of...

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Robert Burton: Old friends become...

Robert Burton: Old friends become...

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Source:...

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Jean de LaBruyere: Making a book...

Jean de LaBruyere: Making a book...

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You cannot escape...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: You cannot escape...

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: There is no...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: There is no...

There is no genius without a mixture of madness.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Saint Augustine: Patience is the...

Saint Augustine: Patience is the...

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Source: On Patience'
-- Saint Augustine,...

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Saint Augustine: Seek not to...

Saint Augustine: Seek not to...

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

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Saint Augustine: Love, and do...

Saint Augustine: Love, and do...

Love, and do what you like.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Voltaire: I disapprove of...

Voltaire: I disapprove of...

I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

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Francis Bacon: It is not...

Francis Bacon: It is not...

It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us...

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Become a fixer,...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Become a fixer,...

Become a fixer, not just a fixture.

Source: The College Blue Book
-- Anthony J...

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Anthony J D'Angelo: All the knowledge...

Anthony J D'Angelo: All the knowledge...

All the knowledge in the world is found within you.

Source: The College Blue...

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If you let...

If you let...

If you let yourself be absorbed completely, if you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more...

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The truth that...

The truth that...

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Source:...

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Husbands never become...

Husbands never become...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Source: A Mencken...

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A man may...

A man may...

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he's married.

Source: In Webster's...

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Before a man...

Before a man...

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to...

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Never let inferiors...

Never let inferiors...

Never let inferiors do you a favor -- it will be extremely costly.

Source: In...

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The whole aim...

The whole aim...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by...

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