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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Do not judge,...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Do not judge,...

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Emile Chartier: We prove what...

Emile Chartier: We prove what...

We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.

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Emile M Cioran: All that shimmers...

Emile M Cioran: All that shimmers...

All that shimmers on the surface of the world, all that we call interesting, is the fruit of ignorance and...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The surest way...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The surest way...

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One has to...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One has to...

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Art is not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Art is not...

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Only the most...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Only the most...

Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. -- A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on...

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John Bunyan: My sword I...

John Bunyan: My sword I...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get...

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Epictetus: The greater the...

Epictetus: The greater the...

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and...

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Jean Paul Richter: Recollection is the...

Jean Paul Richter: Recollection is the...

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Source: In...

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Nelson Algren: The hard necessity...

Nelson Algren: The hard necessity...

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the...

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Nelson Algren: I went out...

Nelson Algren: I went out...

I went out there [Hollywood] for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between...

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Mark Twain: I know all...

Mark Twain: I know all...

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of...

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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is...

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Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterday's sneer and...

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