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Jean Genet: What we need...

Jean Genet: What we need...

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.

Source: The Blacks, 1959.
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Edward Gibbon: It has always...

Edward Gibbon: It has always...

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my...

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Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and we must win.

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Titus Livy: In difficult and...

Titus Livy: In difficult and...

In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.

Source: In...

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William C Nell: Any man among...

William C Nell: Any man among...

Any man among us, voting for their respective candidates, virtually recognizes the righteousness of their principles,...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Source:...

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Henry Brooks Adams: One friend in...

Henry Brooks Adams: One friend in...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of...

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Jacob Bronowski: Knowledge is an...

Jacob Bronowski: Knowledge is an...

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Source: In The...

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Cleveland Amory: The New England...

Cleveland Amory: The New England...

The New England conscience. . . doesn't stop you from doing what you shouldn't -- it just stops you from enjoying...

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Pliny the Elder: There is always...

Pliny the Elder: There is always...

There is always something new out of Africa.

Source: Natural History, VIII
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Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Naomi Weisstein: Evidence and reason:...

Evidence and reason: my heroes and my guides.

Source: Women Look at Biology Looking...

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Richard Francis Burton: As threshing separates...

Richard Francis Burton: As threshing separates...

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

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Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Source: In The...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Despite the encouraging...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Despite the encouraging...

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is...

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Clarence Thomas: The truth of...

Clarence Thomas: The truth of...

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in...

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Benjamin Cardozo: Justice is not...

Benjamin Cardozo: Justice is not...

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

Source:...

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Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

I have a box of papers at home of [my own press coverage]. When I'm sixty, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and...

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Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

Source: The...

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Milan Kundera: No great movement...

Milan Kundera: No great movement...

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes...

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Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg,...

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