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Louise Nevelson: True strength is...

Louise Nevelson: True strength is...

True strength is delicate.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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John Barrymore: If it isn't...

John Barrymore: If it isn't...

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum...

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Claudius: To do nothing...

Claudius: To do nothing...

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Margaret Fuller: Art can only...

Art can only be truly Art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior...

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Vincent Van Gogh: If one is...

Vincent Van Gogh: If one is...

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding...

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.

Source: In

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in...

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Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a...

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Charles V: I came, I...

Charles V: I came, I...

I came, I saw, God conquered.

Source: Remark after the Battle of Muhlberg, 23 Apr...

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Martin Luther: The multitude of...

Martin Luther: The multitude of...

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

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James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he...

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Jean Toomer: We learn the...

Jean Toomer: We learn the...

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Francois de Salignac Fenelon: Most people I...

Francois de Salignac Fenelon: Most people I...

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the...

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Martin Luther: Every great book...

Martin Luther: Every great book...

Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book.

Source: In The...

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You can't enjoy...

You can't enjoy...

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

Source: Introduction to The Norton...

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Commandment Number One...

Commandment Number One...

Commandment Number One for any truly civilized society is this: Let people be different.

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Jonas Salk: Nothing happens quite...

Jonas Salk: Nothing happens quite...

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and...

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James Bryce: No wonder that,...

James Bryce: No wonder that,...

No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They...

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