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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.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: Let nothing come...

Henry David Thoreau: Let nothing come...

Let nothing come between you and the light.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Albert Schweitzer: Our age is...

Albert Schweitzer: Our age is...

Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its...

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Albert Schweitzer: Anyone who proposes...

Albert Schweitzer: Anyone who proposes...

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly,...

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Albert Schweitzer: Man must cease...

Albert Schweitzer: Man must cease...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal...

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Stanley Baldwin: Power without responsibility...

Stanley Baldwin: Power without responsibility...

Power without responsibility -- the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

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Stanley Baldwin: War would end...

Stanley Baldwin: War would end...

War would end if the dead could return.

Source: From Charades, an internet...

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A J Balfour: I never forgive,...

A J Balfour: I never forgive,...

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas Carlyle: Virtue is like...

Thomas Carlyle: Virtue is like...

Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: The spiritual is...

Thomas Carlyle: The spiritual is...

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: We do everything...

Thomas Carlyle: We do everything...

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest...

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Thomas Carlyle: What are your...

Thomas Carlyle: What are your...

What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a Man. . . by stringing-together...

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Thomas Carlyle: What you see,...

Thomas Carlyle: What you see,...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: Wonderful Force of...

Thomas Carlyle: Wonderful Force of...

Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids...

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Henry David Thoreau: I am sorry...

Henry David Thoreau: I am sorry...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their...

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Henry David Thoreau: Of all ebriosity,...

Henry David Thoreau: Of all ebriosity,...

Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?

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Henry David Thoreau: It is difficult...

Henry David Thoreau: It is difficult...

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men...

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Henry David Thoreau: He who distinguishes...

Henry David Thoreau: He who distinguishes...

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be...

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Henry David Thoreau: The three-o'-clock in...

Henry David Thoreau: The three-o'-clock in...

The three-o'-clock in the morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest.

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