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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Physicians, when the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Physicians, when the...

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

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James Monroe: Preparation for war...

James Monroe: Preparation for war...

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

Source: On...

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George MacDonald: Certainly work is...

George MacDonald: Certainly work is...

Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cultivation of which...

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Jean Toomer: One may receive...

Jean Toomer: One may receive...

One may receive the information but miss the teaching.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each...

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Mark Twain: He is useless...

Mark Twain: He is useless...

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

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Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with...

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Henry David Thoreau: Decay and disease...

Henry David Thoreau: Decay and disease...

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of...

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Henry David Thoreau: The lawyer's truth...

Henry David Thoreau: The lawyer's truth...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

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Henry David Thoreau: Our manners have...

Henry David Thoreau: Our manners have...

Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints.

Source: Walden,...

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Thomas Carlyle: Action hangs, as...

Thomas Carlyle: Action hangs, as...

Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself...

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Thomas Carlyle: Adversity is sometimes...

Thomas Carlyle: Adversity is sometimes...

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand...

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Thomas Carlyle: All men, if...

Thomas Carlyle: All men, if...

All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for...

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Thomas Carlyle: For man is...

Thomas Carlyle: For man is...

For man is not the creature and product of Mechanism; but, in a far truer sense, its creator and...

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Thomas Carlyle: For all right...

Thomas Carlyle: For all right...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing...

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Thomas Carlyle: Men do less...

Thomas Carlyle: Men do less...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: If you look...

Thomas Carlyle: If you look...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

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Thomas Carlyle: No good book...

Thomas Carlyle: No good book...

No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Nothing is so...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Source: In The...

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