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Charles Wesley: O for a...

Charles Wesley: O for a...

O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise!

Source: In Draper's...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: A man who...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: A man who...

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

Source: In...

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Albert Camus: All great deeds...

Albert Camus: All great deeds...

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or...

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Allan Bloom: Fathers and mothers...

Allan Bloom: Fathers and mothers...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to...

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John Erskine: There's a difference...

John Erskine: There's a difference...

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Employment and ennui are simply incompatible.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Anthony Trollope: Life is so...

Anthony Trollope: Life is so...

Life is so unlike theory.

Source: Phineas Finn.
-- Anthony Trollope, (Apr 24...

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Source:...

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Agatha Christie: The popular idea...

Agatha Christie: The popular idea...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of...

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Jane Austen: One does not...

Jane Austen: One does not...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but...

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Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

The piano is the social instrument par excellence. . . . drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Simulated disorder postulates...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Simulated disorder postulates...

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Magnanimous people have...

Van Wyck Brooks: Magnanimous people have...

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find...

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: The happiness of...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: The happiness of...

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Source: In The...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: When Harvard men...

When Harvard men say they've graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.

Source:...

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Henry Kissinger: The nice thing...

Henry Kissinger: The nice thing...

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their...

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Carl Sagan: One of the...

Carl Sagan: One of the...

One of the greatest gifts adults can give -- to their offspring and to their society -- is to read to...

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Christopher Lasch: A society that...

Christopher Lasch: A society that...

A society that has made nostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes...

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