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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wisdom is to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wisdom is to...

Wisdom is to finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wherever there is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wherever there is...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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William James: Whatever universe a...

William James: Whatever universe a...

Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A...

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Francis Bacon: What the mother...

Francis Bacon: What the mother...

What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

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Francis Bacon: There is a...

Francis Bacon: There is a...

There is a superstition in avoiding superstition.

Source: Essays, 17, `Of...

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Francis Bacon: He said it,...

Francis Bacon: He said it,...

He said it, that knew it best.

Source: Essays, 12, `Of Boldness'
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Francis Bacon: As in nature...

Francis Bacon: As in nature...

As in nature things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in...

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Francis Bacon: In every great...

Francis Bacon: In every great...

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events...

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Francis Bacon: That other principle...

Francis Bacon: That other principle...

That other principle of Lysander, 'That children are to be deceived with comfits, and men with...

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Francis Bacon: Who ever is...

Francis Bacon: Who ever is...

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Source: In The...

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Francis Bacon: If we do...

Francis Bacon: If we do...

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

Source: Speech for...

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Saint Augustine: Complete abstinence is...

Saint Augustine: Complete abstinence is...

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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Saint Augustine: I have read...

Saint Augustine: I have read...

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them:...

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Saint Augustine: The people who...

Saint Augustine: The people who...

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

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Aristotle: I count him...

Aristotle: I count him...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over...

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Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Andrea Dworkin: Seduction is often...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of...

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Experience is not...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Experience is not...

Experience is not what happens to us, rather it is what we do with what happens to us.

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Just because something...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Just because something...

Just because something is tradition doesn't make it right.

Source: The College Blue...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People are to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People are to...

People are to be taken in very small doses.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Repose and cheerfulness...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Repose and cheerfulness...

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman -- repose in energy.

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