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Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded...

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Carl Sagan: It Is of...

Carl Sagan: It Is of...

It Is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to 50 words used in...

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Epictetus: What concerns me...

Epictetus: What concerns me...

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

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John Locke: The actions of...

John Locke: The actions of...

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Source: In The...

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John Locke: It is one...

John Locke: It is one...

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of...

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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: Poets, we know,...

Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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Henry Ward Beecher: The difference between...

Henry Ward Beecher: The difference between...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a...

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Mahatma Gandhi: Mental violence has...

Mahatma Gandhi: Mental violence has...

Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental...

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Plutarch: The mind is...

Plutarch: The mind is...

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.

Source: In The...

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Gotthold Lessing: The most deadly...

Gotthold Lessing: The most deadly...

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Take the course...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Take the course...

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Source: In...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Those that are...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Those that are...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of...

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Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Emile M Cioran: Consciousness is much...

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

Source:...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Undeserved praise causes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Undeserved praise causes...

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that...

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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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