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Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Life is not an easy matter. . . . You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you...

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I have a...

I have a...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it...

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After the age...

After the age...

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

Source: In Older &...

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If you want...

If you want...

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.

Source: In

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The amount of...

The amount of...

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

Source:...

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Did St Francis...

Did St Francis...

Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the...

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The first mistake...

The first mistake...

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

Source: Who Put the Bomp,...

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The person who...

The person who...

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils,...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Architecture starts when...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Architecture starts when...

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

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Christopher Lasch: Knowledge is what...

Christopher Lasch: Knowledge is what...

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of...

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John Aubrey: How these curiosities...

John Aubrey: How these curiosities...

How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellows as I am put them...

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Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

If intelligence is our only edge, we must learn to use it better, to shape it, to understand its limitations and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The voice of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The voice of...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to...

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Philip Guedalla: Biography is a...

Philip Guedalla: Biography is a...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary,...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Love is the...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: One must choose...

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Emma Hart Willard: Genuine learning has...

Emma Hart Willard: Genuine learning has...

Genuine learning has ever been said to give polish to man; why then should it not bestow added charm on...

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The connection between...

The connection between...

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul...

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Avoiding danger is...

Avoiding danger is...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or...

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