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Jack London: Everything is good...

Jack London: Everything is good...

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses; they run in...

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Arnold Bennett: There can be...

Arnold Bennett: There can be...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not...

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Elie Wiesel: There is a...

Elie Wiesel: There is a...

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages...

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Joyce Cary: Remember I'm an...

Joyce Cary: Remember I'm an...

Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an...

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Edward Westcott: I often had...

Edward Westcott: I often had...

I often had to notice that a man'll sometimes do the foolishist thing or the meanest thing in his hull life after he's...

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Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will...

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Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if...

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Stendhal: Only great minds...

Stendhal: Only great minds...

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Source: Fragments, 28.
-- Stendhal,...

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Upton Sinclair: It is difficult...

Upton Sinclair: It is difficult...

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding...

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Lawrence Durrell: Truth disappears with...

Lawrence Durrell: Truth disappears with...

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

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

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Umberto Eco: The good of...

Umberto Eco: The good of...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn...

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E M Forster: Happiness in the...

E M Forster: Happiness in the...

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true...

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George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the...

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Oswald Spengler: I maintain that...

Oswald Spengler: I maintain that...

I maintain that today many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who...

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Robert Graves: Nine-tenths of English...

Robert Graves: Nine-tenths of English...

Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand...

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Doug Horton: Action cures fear,...

Doug Horton: Action cures fear,...

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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David Livingstone: I will place...

David Livingstone: I will place...

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of...

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William E Channing: Difficulties are meant...

William E Channing: Difficulties are meant...

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by...

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Luc De Clapiers: Action makes more...

Luc De Clapiers: Action makes more...

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Life without a...

Thomas ? Kempis: Life without a...

Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves:...

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