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Baltasar Gracian: Know or listen...

Baltasar Gracian: Know or listen...

Know or listen to those who know.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom, ed. &...

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William James: The greatest use...

William James: The greatest use...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

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Thomas Carlyle: A person with...

Thomas Carlyle: A person with...

A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of...

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Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

Thomas Carlyle: But the whim...

But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come...

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Thomas Carlyle: Life is a...

Thomas Carlyle: Life is a...

Life is a little gleam of time between two eternities.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Henry David Thoreau: The Artist is...

Henry David Thoreau: The Artist is...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature....

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Winston Churchill: If Hitler invaded...

Winston Churchill: If Hitler invaded...

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of...

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G K Chesterton: Among the Very...

G K Chesterton: Among the Very...

Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: When you cannot...

Mark Twain: When you cannot...

When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.

Source: In The...

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Arnold Bennett: The price of...

Arnold Bennett: The price of...

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

Source: Things That Have Interested Me,...

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Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

Source: Vagabonds,...

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Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Jacques Maritain: A single idea,...

Jacques Maritain: A single idea,...

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.

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Alan W Watts: You find out...

Alan W Watts: You find out...

You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo!' and then laughs at itself for...

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Epicurus: Misfortune seldom intrudes...

Epicurus: Misfortune seldom intrudes...

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Let us beware...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Let us beware...

Let us beware of saying there are laws in nature. There are only necessities: there is no one to command, no one to...

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William R Alger: Proverbs are mental...

William R Alger: Proverbs are mental...

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Source: In The...

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