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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Belief consists in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Belief consists in...

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Curses always recoil...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Curses always recoil...

Curses always recoil on the head of him who imprecates them. If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Everything in the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Everything in the...

Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.

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Doug Horton: Smile, it's better...

Doug Horton: Smile, it's better...

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Boris Pasternak: At the moment...

Boris Pasternak: At the moment...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned,...

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G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of...

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G K Chesterton: I do not...

G K Chesterton: I do not...

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless...

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G K Chesterton: The word 'orthodoxy'...

G K Chesterton: The word 'orthodoxy'...

The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being...

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G K Chesterton: The prophet and...

G K Chesterton: The prophet and...

The prophet and the quack are alike admired for a generation, and admired for the wrong...

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G K Chesterton: We think for...

G K Chesterton: We think for...

We think for a General to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to...

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G K Chesterton: To love means...

G K Chesterton: To love means...

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the...

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G K Chesterton: A large section...

G K Chesterton: A large section...

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

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G K Chesterton: Courage is getting...

G K Chesterton: Courage is getting...

Courage is getting away from death by continually coming within an inch of it.

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G K Chesterton: Artistic temperament is...

G K Chesterton: Artistic temperament is...

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Aesop: The injuries we...

Aesop: The injuries we...

The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.

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Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

Henry David Thoreau: The perception of...

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Henry David Thoreau: If I shall...

Henry David Thoreau: If I shall...

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.

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Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my...

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Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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