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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense...

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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source:...

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Nathan Huggins: The vogue of...

Nathan Huggins: The vogue of...

The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be sold to...

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Jacob Bronowski: Has there ever...

Jacob Bronowski: Has there ever...

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: It is easy...

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

Source: In Boston Globe, 25...

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Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social...

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Pliny the Elder: There is always...

Pliny the Elder: There is always...

There is always something new out of Africa.

Source: Natural History, VIII
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Hannah Arendt: Revolutionaries do not...

Hannah Arendt: Revolutionaries do not...

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The more education...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The more education...

The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same...

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Barbara De Angelis: Only when your...

Barbara De Angelis: Only when your...

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought means life,...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought means life,...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: The surest sign...

Amos Bronson Alcott: The surest sign...

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Pearl Buck: All things are...

Pearl Buck: All things are...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even the impossible may only be so, as of...

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Lewis Carroll: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Lewis Carroll: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly!
Like a teatray in the...

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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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E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Source: In...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with...

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