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Emile M Cioran: The history of...

Emile M Cioran: The history of...

The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men.

Source: In...

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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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Friedrich Nietzsche: Only the most...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Only the most...

Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. -- A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: We all want...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: We all want...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to 'be' something we are no longer...

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Wilhelm Stekel: The mark of...

Wilhelm Stekel: The mark of...

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he...

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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: There is a...

Carl Sagan: There is a...

There is a lurking fear that some things are 'not meant' to be known, that some inquiries are too dangerous for human...

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Christopher Lasch: It is a...

Christopher Lasch: It is a...

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times --the...

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Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

Mary Lyon: If anyone thinks...

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

Sarah Louise Delany: I never let...

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Source: Having...

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Arthur Schomburg: We need the...

Arthur Schomburg: We need the...

We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the...

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Henry David Thoreau: How rarely I...

Henry David Thoreau: How rarely I...

How rarely I meet with a man who can be free, even in thought! We all live according to rule. Some men are bedridden;...

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Henry David Thoreau: How vain it...

Henry David Thoreau: How vain it...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Source: In...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of...

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William A Ward: Adversity causes some...

William A Ward: Adversity causes some...

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Source: In My Favorite...

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Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

He is not necessarily the best teacher who performs the most labour; makes his pupils work the hardest, and bustle the...

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