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Jeremy Collier: Books are but...

Jeremy Collier: Books are but...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought -- asleep. When we are weary of the...

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Georg Hegel: It is a...

Georg Hegel: It is a...

It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Humor is not...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Humor is not...

Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi...

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John Locke: Reading furnishes the...

John Locke: Reading furnishes the...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read...

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Charles Peguy: He who does...

Charles Peguy: He who does...

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and...

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Malcolm Bradbury: A conventional good...

Malcolm Bradbury: A conventional good...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an...

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Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake...

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Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Tom Clancy: Never ask what...

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Byron R White: To exclude all...

Byron R White: To exclude all...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to...

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Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive...

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Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

Source: Used by Chomsky to demonstrate that...

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Van Wyck Brooks: No one is...

Van Wyck Brooks: No one is...

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or...

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Pearl Buck: In a mood...

Pearl Buck: In a mood...

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a...

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Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam today.

Source: The...

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Jean Toomer: We learn the...

Jean Toomer: We learn the...

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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George Steiner: Chess may be...

George Steiner: Chess may be...

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognising the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Hope says to us constantly, Go on, go on, and leads us to the grave.

Source: In...

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Margaret Walker: When I was...

Margaret Walker: When I was...

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a...

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