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Francis Bacon: Some books are...

Francis Bacon: Some books are...

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

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To impress others...

To impress others...

To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and...

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An optimist is...

An optimist is...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

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Nothing at all...

Nothing at all...

Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

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Any of us...

Any of us...

Any of us would kill a cow, rather than not have beef.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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Consider, Sir, how...

Consider, Sir, how...

Consider, Sir, how should you like, though conscious of your innocence, to be tried before a jury for a capital crime,...

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A conservative is...

A conservative is...

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.

Source: In Webster's...

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An idea isn't...

An idea isn't...

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

Source: In New York...

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Time has lost...

Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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Showing up at...

Showing up at...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start...

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The more immoral...

The more immoral...

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

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Being solitary is...

Being solitary is...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the...

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The will to...

The will to...

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass...

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Our true nationality...

Our true nationality...

Our true nationality is mankind.

Source: In

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That winter two...

That winter two...

That winter two things happened which made me see that the world, the flesh, and the devil were going to be more...

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He has left...

He has left...

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

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Simplicity, of all...

Simplicity, of all...

Simplicity, of all things, is the hardest to be copied.

Source: In Quote Disk...

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Any kid who...

Any kid who...

Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't...

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If you can...

If you can...

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the...

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I feel about...

I feel about...

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to...

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