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George Bancroft: The public is...

George Bancroft: The public is...

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon...

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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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Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: What we notice...

Gail Pursell Elliott: What we notice...

What we notice is what resonates with our inner perspective. We tend to overlook what does not connect with our...

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Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or...

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Dale Carnegie: The most important...

Dale Carnegie: The most important...

The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing...

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Marita Bonner: What's the need...

Marita Bonner: What's the need...

What's the need of working if it doesn't get you anywhere? What's the use of boring around in the same hole like a...

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Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Source: Alice's Adventures in...

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William McFee: A man must...

William McFee: A man must...

A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting...

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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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Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive...

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Noam Chomsky: Unlimited economic growth...

Noam Chomsky: Unlimited economic growth...

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that...

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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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George Borrow: It has been...

George Borrow: It has been...

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt...

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George Borrow: Youth will be...

George Borrow: Youth will be...

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

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George Steiner: Chess may be...

George Steiner: Chess may be...

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human...

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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: A person can...

Paule Marshall: A person can...

A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he...

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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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