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Emily Blackwell: For what is...

Emily Blackwell: For what is...

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all...

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Plato: The beginning is...

Plato: The beginning is...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Source: The Republic. Book...

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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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Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

A young man's ambition [is] to get along in the world and make a place for himself half your life goes that way, till...

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Richard C Trench: Grammar is the...

Richard C Trench: Grammar is the...

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

Source: On...

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Augustus (and Julius) Hare: Many a man's...

Augustus (and Julius) Hare: Many a man's...

Many a man's vices have at first been nothing worse than good qualities run wild.

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Florence Scovel Shinn: We cannot always...

Florence Scovel Shinn: We cannot always...

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we...

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Epictetus: Only the educated...

Epictetus: Only the educated...

Only the educated are free.

Source: Discourses.
-- Epictetus, ( 55-135), Greek...

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Epictetus: First say to...

Epictetus: First say to...

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

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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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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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James Thurber: Sixty minutes of...

James Thurber: Sixty minutes of...

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

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Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Nelson Algren: Literature is made...

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with...

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Shirley Jackson: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Richard Bach: You are never...

Richard Bach: You are never...

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it,...

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Richard Bach: Don't be dismayed...

Richard Bach: Don't be dismayed...

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Genius is a child up to the age of ten.

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-- Aldous Huxley, (Jul 26...

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