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Francis Quarles: Read not books...

Francis Quarles: Read not books...

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

Source: In Poor...

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Francis Quarles: Necessity of action...

Francis Quarles: Necessity of action...

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

Source: In 2,715...

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Alexander Smith: The sea complains...

Alexander Smith: The sea complains...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Cecil Beaton: Perhaps the world's...

Cecil Beaton: Perhaps the world's...

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

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Benjamin Franklin: A man must...

Benjamin Franklin: A man must...

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he...

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G C Lichtenberg: Nothing makes one...

G C Lichtenberg: Nothing makes one...

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. ....

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Willem de Kooning: My interest in...

Willem de Kooning: My interest in...

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start...

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Ben Sweetland: Success is a...

Ben Sweetland: Success is a...

Success is a journey, not a destination.

Source: In The World's Best Thoughts on...

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Norman Angell: It is not...

Norman Angell: It is not...

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We...

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Walter Bagehot: It is often...

Walter Bagehot: It is often...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the...

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Walter Bagehot: In my youth...

Walter Bagehot: In my youth...

In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without...

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Henry George: There is danger...

Henry George: There is danger...

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

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Thorstein Veblen: Invention is the...

Thorstein Veblen: Invention is the...

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Harvey S Firestone: If you have...

Harvey S Firestone: If you have...

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business...

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George Moore: A literary movement...

George Moore: A literary movement...

A literary movement consists of five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other...

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Tom Sharpe: His had been...

Tom Sharpe: His had been...

His had been an intellectual decision founded on his conviction that if a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a...

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Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other...

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G K Chesterton: The most dangerous...

G K Chesterton: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire should, like...

Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or...

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