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Pliny the Elder: Prosperity tries the...

Pliny the Elder: Prosperity tries the...

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.

Source: quoted...

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William O Douglas: The right to...

William O Douglas: The right to...

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

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Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and...

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Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

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Maria Edgeworth: How success changes...

Maria Edgeworth: How success changes...

How success changes the opinion of men!

Source: The Will, 1800.
-- Maria...

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Michel Foucault: In its function,...

Michel Foucault: In its function,...

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Source: In...

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George S Patton: We herd sheep,...

George S Patton: We herd sheep,...

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: When envoys are...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: When envoys are...

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a...

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Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Anthony Trollope: And above all...

Anthony Trollope: And above all...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is...

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Daniel Defoe: Vice came in...

Daniel Defoe: Vice came in...

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

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Mary McLeod Bethune: When they...

Mary McLeod Bethune: When they...

When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas . . . Whatever the white man has...

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Socrates: How many things...

Socrates: How many things...

How many things I can do without!

Source: In Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by...

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Jeremy Collier: Books support us...

Jeremy Collier: Books support us...

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

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Jeremy Collier: True courage is...

Jeremy Collier: True courage is...

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

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John Mortimer: The worst fault...

John Mortimer: The worst fault...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life,...

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Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

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