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Doug Horton: Born a saint,...

Doug Horton: Born a saint,...

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Merton: Be good, keep...

Thomas Merton: Be good, keep...

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace, and your soul in the joy of...

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Israel Zangwill: Everything changes but...

Israel Zangwill: Everything changes but...

Everything changes but change.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Confucius: Ignorance is the...

Confucius: Ignorance is the...

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Source: In...

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Confucius: The expectations of...

Confucius: The expectations of...

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his...

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Confucius: He does not...

Confucius: He does not...

He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

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Socrates: I was afraid...

Socrates: I was afraid...

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: And if your...

Friedrich Nietzsche: And if your...

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When one has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When one has...

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Edward Westcott: Do unto the...

Edward Westcott: Do unto the...

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Source:...

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Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things...

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Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Blockbusting fiction is bought as furniture. Unread, it maintains its value. Read, it looks like money wasted....

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Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

Source: Looking...

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Joyce Cary: I look upon...

Joyce Cary: I look upon...

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now tha the time is coming to give it back, I have no...

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Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

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Judith Guest: He had led...

Judith Guest: He had led...

He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly...

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Tama Janowitz: I was like...

Tama Janowitz: I was like...

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I...

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Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Tama Janowitz: Long after the...

Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets...

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Barbara Cartland: I'll keep going...

Barbara Cartland: I'll keep going...

I'll keep going till my face falls off.

Source: The Observer, 'Sayings of the...

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