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Marcus Tullius Cicero: No one is...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: No one is...

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Source: De Senectute,...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have been...

Henry David Thoreau: I have been...

I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

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Henry David Thoreau: The government of...

Henry David Thoreau: The government of...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the...

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Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.

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Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and...

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Henry David Thoreau: As for doing...

Henry David Thoreau: As for doing...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it...

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Henry David Thoreau: However intense my...

Henry David Thoreau: However intense my...

However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is not...

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Thomas Carlyle: A well-written life...

Thomas Carlyle: A well-written life...

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Source: Critical and...

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Thomas Carlyle: Blessed is he...

Thomas Carlyle: Blessed is he...

Blessed is he who has found his work. Let him ask no other blessedness.

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Thomas Carlyle: Happy the people...

Thomas Carlyle: Happy the people...

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books!

Source: Frederick the...

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Thomas Carlyle: The crash of...

Thomas Carlyle: The crash of...

The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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Mark Twain: The right word...

Mark Twain: The right word...

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed...

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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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George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of...

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Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping...

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Thomas Wolfe: The surest cure...

Thomas Wolfe: The surest cure...

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: It is happy...

Jane Austen: It is happy...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing...

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G K Chesterton: You can only...

G K Chesterton: You can only...

You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

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G K Chesterton: The noble temptation...

G K Chesterton: The noble temptation...

The noble temptation to see too much in everything.

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