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Mahatma Gandhi: Strength does not...

Mahatma Gandhi: Strength does not...

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

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Mahatma Gandhi: You must not...

Mahatma Gandhi: You must not...

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not...

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Mark Twain: A wise man...

Mark Twain: A wise man...

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Education does not...

Mark Twain: Education does not...

Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not...

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Mark Twain: I am a...

Mark Twain: I am a...

I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct -- nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this...

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Mark Twain: I admire him...

Mark Twain: I admire him...

I admire him [Cecil Rhodes], I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a...

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Gertrude Stein: But then of...

Gertrude Stein: But then of...

But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

Source: Quoted...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

[I]f it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were...

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Jerome K Jerome: I can see...

Jerome K Jerome: I can see...

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always...

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Honore de Balzac: It is as...

Honore de Balzac: It is as...

It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.

Source: In Webster's...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Renouncement: the heroism...

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Source: Quoted in: Gods, in Adam, no. 299...

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Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand...

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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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Erica Jong: No one ever...

Erica Jong: No one ever...

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the...

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Erica Jong: I went for...

Erica Jong: I went for...

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged . . . I had...

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Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few...

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George Moore: God is a...

George Moore: God is a...

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him.

Source: In...

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Edgar Watson Howe: You can't do...

Edgar Watson Howe: You can't do...

You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist...

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