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St Jerome: A fat paunch...

St Jerome: A fat paunch...

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...

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Brigham Young: Don't try to...

Brigham Young: Don't try to...

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears. Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and...

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Brigham Young: Silence may be...

Brigham Young: Silence may be...

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to...

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Robert Burton: A mere scholar,...

Robert Burton: A mere scholar,...

A mere scholar, a mere ass.

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

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Robert Burton: All poets are...

Robert Burton: All poets are...

All poets are mad.

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
-- Robert Burton, (Feb 8...

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Robert Burton: From this it...

Robert Burton: From this it...

From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.

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Robert Burton: Our wrangling lawyers...

Robert Burton: Our wrangling lawyers...

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients'...

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Karl Barth: It is always...

Karl Barth: It is always...

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking for forgiveness of...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

The exact opposite of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Source: 'Les...

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Baltasar Gracian: Don't take the...

Baltasar Gracian: Don't take the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right...

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John Tillotson: Sincerity is like...

John Tillotson: Sincerity is like...

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than...

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Saint Augustine: Faith is to...

Saint Augustine: Faith is to...

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you...

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Lyman Abbott: It is easy...

Lyman Abbott: It is easy...

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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After a fellow...

After a fellow...

After a fellow gets famous it does not take long for someone to bob up that used to sit next to him in...

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AGITATOR, n. A...

AGITATOR, n. A...

AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors -- to dislodge the...

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AUCTIONEER, n. The...

AUCTIONEER, n. The...

AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his...

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CENTAUR, n. One...

CENTAUR, n. One...

CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of...

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Self-pity in its...

Self-pity in its...

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become...

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William Watson: The thirst to...

William Watson: The thirst to...

The thirst to know and understand,
A large and liberal discontent.


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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Be equal to...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Be equal to...

Be equal to your talent, not your age.
At times let the gap between them be...

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