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Francis Bacon: Suspicions that the...

Francis Bacon: Suspicions that the...

Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put...

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Francis Bacon: Fortune is like...

Francis Bacon: Fortune is like...

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will...

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Lyman Abbott: The highest qualities...

Lyman Abbott: The highest qualities...

The highest qualities of character must be earned.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Pope John XXIII: Men are like...

Pope John XXIII: Men are like...

Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Source: In...

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Brigham Young: Everyone should learn...

Brigham Young: Everyone should learn...

Everyone should learn to do one thing supremely well because he likes it, and one thing supremely well because he...

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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: If there is...

Robert Burton: If there is...

If there is a hell upon earth, it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart.

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Mary Daly: The liberation of...

Mary Daly: The liberation of...

The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves.

Source: The...

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The face of...

The face of...

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

Source: Mythologies, The...

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It was dramatic...

It was dramatic...

It was dramatic to watch [my grandmother] decapitate [a turkey] with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the...

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If some people...

If some people...

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

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Who remembers when...

Who remembers when...

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

Source: In Correct...

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Every once in...

Every once in...

Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.

Source: In

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All the world...

All the world...

All the world loves a good loser.

Source: In

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It is no...

It is no...

It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.

Source: In

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AIM, n. The...

AIM, n. The...

AIM, n. The task we set our wishes to.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor...

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APHORISM, n. Predigested...

APHORISM, n. Predigested...

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has...

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I believe that...

I believe that...

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Source: In

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