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Edward Gibbon: The author himself...

Edward Gibbon: The author himself...

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so...

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George Borrow: I have always...

George Borrow: I have always...

I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized...

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James B Conant: Democracy is a...

James B Conant: Democracy is a...

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual...

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James B Conant: Some of mankind's...

James B Conant: Some of mankind's...

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them --...

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Appear at places...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Appear at places...

Appear at places which the enemy must hasten to defend, march swiftly to places where you are not...

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Ralph Ellison: When I discover...

Ralph Ellison: When I discover...

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed....

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Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

The only privilege literature deserves -- and this privilege it requires in order to exist -- is the privilege of...

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Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them...

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Joseph Heller: The enemy is...

Joseph Heller: The enemy is...

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

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Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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Salman Rushdie: The real risks...

Salman Rushdie: The real risks...

The real risks for any artist are taken. . . in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: It's raining my...

Guillaume Apollinaire: It's raining my...

It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.

Source: La Nuit...

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Charles Dickens: Philosophers are only...

Charles Dickens: Philosophers are only...

Philosophers are only men in armor after all.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Jean Toomer: Perhaps . ....

Jean Toomer: Perhaps . ....

Perhaps . . . our lot on the earth is to seek and to search. Now and again we find just enough to enable us to carry...

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Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand...

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