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Georges Pompidou: The most dangerous...

Georges Pompidou: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.

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Benjamin Jowett: Nowhere probably is...

Benjamin Jowett: Nowhere probably is...

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the...

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Derek Bok: The oldest of...

Derek Bok: The oldest of...

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Source: Conferring the...

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Diane Ravitch: The person who...

Diane Ravitch: The person who...

The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Allan Bloom: We are like...

Allan Bloom: We are like...

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: To understand madness...

Addison Gayle, Jr: To understand madness...

To understand madness is to be a bit mad.

Source: The Way of the New World: The...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today's black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking...

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Mark Twain: Why is it...

Mark Twain: Why is it...

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person...

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Jane Austen: How can you...

Jane Austen: How can you...

How can you contrive to write so even?

Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...

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Robert Nathan: A man's family...

Robert Nathan: A man's family...

A man's family sets him apart from all other living creatures. . . . Only man stands with his children from first to...

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Thomas Mann: Opinions cannot survive...

Thomas Mann: Opinions cannot survive...

Opinions cannot survive if no one has a chance to fight for them.

Source: The Magic...

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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Ralph Ellison: The antidote to...

Ralph Ellison: The antidote to...

The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize ideas. Or, as...

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Max Frisch: The difference between...

Max Frisch: The difference between...

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's...

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Ken Kesey: The trouble with...

Ken Kesey: The trouble with...

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

Source: In...

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Clarence Thomas: Any discrimination, like...

Clarence Thomas: Any discrimination, like...

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed at which we are...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

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Ralph Ellison: I'm not a...

Ralph Ellison: I'm not a...

I'm not a separatist. The imagination is integrative. That's how you make the new -- by putting something else with...

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Agatha Christie: The popular idea...

Agatha Christie: The popular idea...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of...

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