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Isaac Watts: Tis the voice...

Isaac Watts: Tis the voice...

Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber...

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Bobby Knight: You don't play...

Bobby Knight: You don't play...

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Source:...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those...

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Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We...

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John Wooden: There are many...

John Wooden: There are many...

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith,...

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I do most...

I do most...

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

Source: Attributed.
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Sigh'd and look'd...

Sigh'd and look'd...

Sigh'd and look'd unutterable things.

Source: The Seasons. Summer. Line 1188.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Bruce Barton: No sex, age,...

Bruce Barton: No sex, age,...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the...

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Willie Mays: I remember the...

Willie Mays: I remember the...

I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Memories are hunting...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Memories are hunting...

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Source: Cors de...

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Do not accustom...

Do not accustom...

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: The plastic virtues:...

Guillaume Apollinaire: The plastic virtues:...

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Source:...

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Isaac Watts: Were I so...

Isaac Watts: Were I so...

Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind 's...

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The violinist is...

The violinist is...

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency half tiger, half...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

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Example has more...

Example has more...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we...

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Whoe'er amidst the...

Whoe'er amidst the...

Whoe'er amidst the sons
Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue
Displays distinguish'd merit, is a noble
Of...

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Just because everything...

Just because everything...

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

Source: In...

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Bruce Barton: The ablest men...

Bruce Barton: The ablest men...

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves...

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