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Henry David Thoreau: A man thinks...

Henry David Thoreau: A man thinks...

A man thinks as well through his legs and arms as this brain.

Source: In The...

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Henry David Thoreau: I put a...

Henry David Thoreau: I put a...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

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Henry David Thoreau: Live your life,...

Henry David Thoreau: Live your life,...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry David Thoreau: Most men lead...

Henry David Thoreau: Most men lead...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

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Henry David Thoreau: We should come...

Henry David Thoreau: We should come...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and...

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Henry David Thoreau: We must have...

Henry David Thoreau: We must have...

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have...

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G K Chesterton: What people call...

G K Chesterton: What people call...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental...

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G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one...

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G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...

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G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

There is nothing that fails like success.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal...

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G K Chesterton: When we were...

G K Chesterton: When we were...

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to...

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G K Chesterton: Experience which was...

G K Chesterton: Experience which was...

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

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Honore de Balzac: A woman must...

Honore de Balzac: A woman must...

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Depend upon it...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Depend upon it...

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It...

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Albert Schweitzer: We cannot possibly...

Albert Schweitzer: We cannot possibly...

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute...

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Aldous Huxley: There is no...

Aldous Huxley: There is no...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.

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Aldous Huxley: The finest works...

Aldous Huxley: The finest works...

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only...

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Mary McCarthy: We all live...

Mary McCarthy: We all live...

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own...

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Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,...

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