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Henry David Thoreau: A perfectly healthy...

Henry David Thoreau: A perfectly healthy...

A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the...

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Djuna Barnes: Dreams have only...

Djuna Barnes: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.

Source: Doctor, in Nightwood, ch. 5,...

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Giambattista Vico: Men first feel...

Giambattista Vico: Men first feel...

Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure,...

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Epicurus: It is impossible...

Epicurus: It is impossible...

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live...

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Chuang-tzu: Rewards and punishments...

Chuang-tzu: Rewards and punishments...

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

Source: In Collection of...

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David Livingstone: Fear God and...

David Livingstone: Fear God and...

Fear God and work hard.

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

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Israel Zangwill: Editors are constantly...

Israel Zangwill: Editors are constantly...

Editors are constantly on the watch to discover new talents in old names.

Source:...

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Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

Suzanne K Langer: A philosophy is...

A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problems than by its solution of...

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Henri Bergson: To perceive means...

Henri Bergson: To perceive means...

To perceive means to immobilize . . . we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Faith: not *wanting*...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Faith: not *wanting*...

Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

Source:
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct...

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No man is...

No man is...

No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse gin than he used to drink when he was...

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All argument is...

All argument is...

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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As peace is...

As peace is...

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

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Nothing is more...

Nothing is more...

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly...

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Poetry is the...

Poetry is the...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Adultery is the...

Adultery is the...

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Source: A Book of Burlesques, in...

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I confess I...

I confess I...

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably...

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One may no...

One may no...

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. And how do you know...

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I haven't heard...

I haven't heard...

I haven't heard of anyone who wants to stop living on account of the cost.

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