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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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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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Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: There are two...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: There are two...

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, is it good in itself? In the...

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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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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Truth is no...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Truth is no...

Truth is no road to fortune.

Source: 'The Social Contract'
-- Jean Jacques...

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Emile M Cioran: A sensation must...

Emile M Cioran: A sensation must...

A sensation must have fallen very low to deign to turn into an idea.

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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: 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: A woman may...

Friedrich Nietzsche: A woman may...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: A consistent thinker...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: A consistent thinker...

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a...

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Mahatma Gandhi: What is a...

Mahatma Gandhi: What is a...

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When one does...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When one does...

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to...

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Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

Robert Penn Warren: The poem ....

The poem . . . is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing...

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Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch...

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Ivan Turgenev: If we wait...

Ivan Turgenev: If we wait...

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never...

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but...

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