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William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

I am glad daylong for the gift of song,
For time and change and sorrow;
For the sunset wings and the world-end...

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Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their...

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John Aubrey: He had read...

John Aubrey: He had read...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his...

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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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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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Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with...

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Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

Mary Ritter Beard: [T]hose who sit...

[T]hose who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung...

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Byron R White: We're the only...

Byron R White: We're the only...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a...

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Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Some [Blacks] lack a real grasp of the bitter struggle that was waged to pry open the corporate doors. The buppies...

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Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which...

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Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the...

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Charles Montesquieu: A good writer...

Charles Montesquieu: A good writer...

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

Source: In Wisdom...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people...

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Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Lewis Carroll: Now here, you...

Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else,...

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