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A man's wife...

A man's wife...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

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Such is the...

Such is the...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when...

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The notion that...

The notion that...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art. . . is merely romantic fiction. . . . The game...

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When you can't...

When you can't...

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.

Source: In

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A healthy old...

A healthy old...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

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So you see...

So you see...

So you see the imagination needs moodling, - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Meister Eckhart: What a man...

Meister Eckhart: What a man...

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Source: In The...

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Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but...

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Carl Sagan: Philosophers and scientists...

Carl Sagan: Philosophers and scientists...

Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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A Bartlett Giamatti: On a good...

A Bartlett Giamatti: On a good...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a...

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

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

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

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Medicine is not...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Medicine is not...

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

All virtues come down to courage, at the sharp end of the sword. But courage must be tempered by prudence. Courage...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: God is in...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: God is in...

God is in the details.

Source: On restraint in design; in NY Herald Tribune, 28 Jun...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: A well-worn adage...

Thomas Henry Huxley: A well-worn adage...

A well-worn adage advises those who set out upon a great enterprise to count the cost, yet some of the greatest...

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Rene Descartes: The first precept...

Rene Descartes: The first precept...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single...

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Adapt or perish,...

Adapt or perish,...

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is Nature's inexorable imperative.

Source: In

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Biologically the species...

Biologically the species...

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the...

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