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Clara Barton: Others are writing...

Clara Barton: Others are writing...

Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always...

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Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought means life,...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought means life,...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the...

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Euripides: Do we, holding...

Euripides: Do we, holding...

Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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William Morris: If you cannot...

William Morris: If you cannot...

If you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it . . . because these are but the...

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I act as...

I act as...

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

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Jean Racine: Crime, like virtue,...

Jean Racine: Crime, like virtue,...

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. (Ainsi que la vertue le crime a ses degr?s.)

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When she goes...

When she goes...

When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of...

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Martin H Fischer: A man who...

Martin H Fischer: A man who...

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely...

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That's what friendship...

That's what friendship...

That's what friendship means -- sharing the prejudice of experience.

Source: In The...

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Give me a...

Give me a...

Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or...

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Andrea Dworkin: The genius of...

Andrea Dworkin: The genius of...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a...

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William Morris: So long as...

William Morris: So long as...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of...

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Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

Robert Baden-Powell: A Scout smiles...

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Source: Scouting for...

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Frank Leahy: Egotism is the...

Frank Leahy: Egotism is the...

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pains of stupidity.

Source: In Look...

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Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Lillian Carter: Sure, I'm for...

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Source:...

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T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Wit is the...

Wit is the...

Wit is the unexpected explosion of thought.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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