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Alvin Toffler: Parenthood remains the...

Alvin Toffler: Parenthood remains the...

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Source: Future...

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Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

Source: Droll...

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Honore de Balzac: I prefer thought...

Honore de Balzac: I prefer thought...

I prefer thought to action, an idea to an event, reflection to activity.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: When a person...

Mark Twain: When a person...

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other...

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Mark Twain: Pessimism is only...

Mark Twain: Pessimism is only...

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Temperate temperance is...

Mark Twain: Temperate temperance is...

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

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Mark Twain: The Christian's Bible...

Mark Twain: The Christian's Bible...

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice...

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Mark Twain: The banging and...

Mark Twain: The banging and...

The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief.

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Mark Twain: The highest perfection...

Mark Twain: The highest perfection...

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and...

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Mark Twain: To arrive at...

Mark Twain: To arrive at...

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most...

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Jerome K Jerome: It is impossible...

Jerome K Jerome: It is impossible...

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great...

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G K Chesterton: The full value...

G K Chesterton: The full value...

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted...

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G K Chesterton: Science in the...

G K Chesterton: Science in the...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the...

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G K Chesterton: There is one...

G K Chesterton: There is one...

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the...

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G K Chesterton: The successful businessman...

G K Chesterton: The successful businessman...

The successful businessman sometimes makes money by ability and experience, but he generally makes it by...

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G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Source: Professor de Worms, in The Man Who...

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Winston Churchill: [Playing golf is]...

Winston Churchill: [Playing golf is]...

[Playing golf is] like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

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Winston Churchill: If you have...

Winston Churchill: If you have...

If you have 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Source: In...

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