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Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Death has got something to be said for it:
There's no need to get out of bed for it;
Wherever you may...

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Charles Simmons: It is a...

Charles Simmons: It is a...

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided...

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Ralph Ellison: The act of...

Ralph Ellison: The act of...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers...

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Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between...

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Italo Calvino: It is not...

Italo Calvino: It is not...

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

Source: Marco Polo, in...

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Franz Kafka: It is not...

Franz Kafka: It is not...

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not...

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Ivan Turgenev: Whatever man prays...

Ivan Turgenev: Whatever man prays...

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this -- Great God, grant that twice two...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: A feeble body...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: A feeble body...

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alain Locke: Art must discover...

Alain Locke: Art must discover...

Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his...

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John Locke: New opinions are...

John Locke: New opinions are...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any reason but because they are not already...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which is no way...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Source: In Pearls...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

Florence Scovel Shinn: If one is...

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to . . . face a situation fearlessly, and [if]...

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Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

I wish I could have a little tape-and-loudspeaker arrangement sewn into the binding of this magazine, to be triggered...

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J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Source: The dwarf Gimli,...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: The only sensible...

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The only sensible...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's...

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Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: We are born...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: We are born...

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: We should call...

Friedrich Nietzsche: We should call...

We should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

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