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Thomas Carlyle: The difference between...

Thomas Carlyle: The difference between...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great...

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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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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Friedrich Nietzsche: Art is not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Art is not...

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: A woman may...

Friedrich Nietzsche: A woman may...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Once spirit was...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Once spirit was...

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterday's sneer and...

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Joseph Heller: He was a...

Joseph Heller: He was a...

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Source: Catch-22,...

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Italo Calvino: The human race...

Italo Calvino: The human race...

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

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Mark Twain: I know all...

Mark Twain: I know all...

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of...

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Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Source: Alice's Adventures in...

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