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Edmond Rostand: A pessimist is...

Edmond Rostand: A pessimist is...

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Norman Thomas: I always get...

Norman Thomas: I always get...

I always get more applause than votes.

Source: In Playboy Magazine, 1 Nov...

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Emancipation from error...

Emancipation from error...

Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.

Source: In Webster's...

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John Bunyan: So soon as...

John Bunyan: So soon as...

So soon as the man overtook me, he was but a word and a blow.

Source: The Pilgrim's...

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Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.

Source: In Webster's...

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It is seldom...

It is seldom...

It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.

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Hans Selye: Every stress leaves...

Hans Selye: Every stress leaves...

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming...

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Isaac Asimov: Part of the...

Isaac Asimov: Part of the...

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is completely programmed and working smoothly, it is...

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Giuseppe Mazzini: A Country is...

Giuseppe Mazzini: A Country is...

A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which...

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John Bunyan: He that is...

John Bunyan: He that is...

He that is down needs fear no fall;
He that is low, no pride.


Source: The...

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Jacques Barzun: Art distills sensation...

Jacques Barzun: Art distills sensation...

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form -- or else it is not...

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Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Ogden Nash: Purity is obscurity....

Purity is obscurity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler,...

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Nicolas Copernicus: Let us put...

Nicolas Copernicus: Let us put...

Let us put these new hypotheses [in] public appearance among the old ones which are themselves no more probable,...

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After I die,...

After I die,...

After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you - not a one of you -...

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The proper memory...

The proper memory...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows when to remember and when to forget.

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Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

Mary Kay Ash: For every failure,...

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock,...

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J B Priestley: Many a man...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of...

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John Buchan: What would you...

John Buchan: What would you...

'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, given...

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Charles Kettering: We have a...

Charles Kettering: We have a...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present a working...

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Albert Einstein: Einstein's Three Rules...

Albert Einstein: Einstein's Three Rules...

Einstein's Three Rules of Work: 1) Out of clutter find simplicity; 2) From discord find harmony; 3) In the middle of...

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