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Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by...

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Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...

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James B Conant: Every vital organization...

James B Conant: Every vital organization...

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

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George Steiner: To shoot a...

George Steiner: To shoot a...

To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy...

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Omar Bradley: We need to...

Omar Bradley: We need to...

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

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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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Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

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Siegfried Sassoon: And when the...

Siegfried Sassoon: And when the...

And when the war is done and youth stone dead
I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed.


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Oliver Cromwell: No one rises...

Oliver Cromwell: No one rises...

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.

Source: In Memoires,...

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Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: We need education...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: We need education...

We need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

Source: In...

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Byron R White: Sports constantly make...

Byron R White: Sports constantly make...

Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and...

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Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

Van Wyck Brooks: The American mind,...

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, . . . by...

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Max Frisch: The difference between...

Max Frisch: The difference between...

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's...

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Pearl Buck: No one really...

Pearl Buck: No one really...

No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either,...

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Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam today.

Source: The...

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Lewis Carroll: What I tell...

Lewis Carroll: What I tell...

What I tell you three times is true.

Source: The Hunting of the Snark.
-- Lewis...

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Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City -- New York City is itself a detective...

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