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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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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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Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is [as] unfair as only sport can...

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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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William Hastie: Strategic planning for...

William Hastie: Strategic planning for...

Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social...

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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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Learned Hand: There is no...

Learned Hand: There is no...

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

Source:...

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Learned Hand: The art of...

Learned Hand: The art of...

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its...

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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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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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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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Marita Bonner: The one real...

Marita Bonner: The one real...

The one real thing that money buys -- Time.

Source: On Being Young -- A Woman --...

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Dale Carnegie: First ask yourself:...

Dale Carnegie: First ask yourself:...

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the...

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