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G K Chesterton: The cosmos is...

G K Chesterton: The cosmos is...

The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.

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Honore de Balzac: I prefer thought...

Honore de Balzac: I prefer thought...

I prefer thought to action, an idea to an event, reflection to activity.

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Arthur Conan Doyle: You mentioned your...

Arthur Conan Doyle: You mentioned your...

You mentioned your name as if I should recognise it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a...

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Henry David Thoreau: We do not...

Henry David Thoreau: We do not...

We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.

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G C Lichtenberg: I am convinced...

G C Lichtenberg: I am convinced...

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

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G C Lichtenberg: If all else...

G C Lichtenberg: If all else...

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes...

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G C Lichtenberg: If all mankind...

G C Lichtenberg: If all mankind...

If all mankind were to suddenly practice honesty, thousands of people would be sure to...

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G C Lichtenberg: It is almost...

G C Lichtenberg: It is almost...

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in...

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G C Lichtenberg: The human tendency...

G C Lichtenberg: The human tendency...

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great...

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G C Lichtenberg: There exists a...

G C Lichtenberg: There exists a...

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something...

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G C Lichtenberg: To grow wiser...

G C Lichtenberg: To grow wiser...

To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and...

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G C Lichtenberg: The pleasures of...

G C Lichtenberg: The pleasures of...

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who...

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Martin H Fischer: We humans are...

Martin H Fischer: We humans are...

We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.

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Benjamin Franklin: Fatigue is the...

Benjamin Franklin: Fatigue is the...

Fatigue is the best pillow.

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Benjamin Franklin: A poet is...

Benjamin Franklin: A poet is...

A poet is the mere wastepaper of mankind.

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Benjamin Franklin: By failing to...

Benjamin Franklin: By failing to...

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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Benjamin Franklin: Every accent, every...

Benjamin Franklin: Every accent, every...

Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without...

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Benjamin Franklin: As we must...

Benjamin Franklin: As we must...

As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.

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Benjamin Franklin: Laws too gentle...

Benjamin Franklin: Laws too gentle...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

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Benjamin Franklin: Most people return...

Benjamin Franklin: Most people return...

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with...

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