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Pliny the Elder: The happier the...

Pliny the Elder: The happier the...

The happier the moment the shorter.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Louis Agassiz: Facts are stupid...

Louis Agassiz: Facts are stupid...

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Source: In...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Naomi Weisstein: When we hear...

Naomi Weisstein: When we hear...

When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and short....

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Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

The desire to write grows with writing.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Source: In The...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: America is a...

Alexis de Tocqueville: America is a...

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. . . ....

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Clarence Thomas: [T]he job of...

Clarence Thomas: [T]he job of...

[T]he job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is a difference between...

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Louis Brandeis: Our government ....

Louis Brandeis: Our government ....

Our government . . . teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds...

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Barbara De Angelis: What allows us,...

Barbara De Angelis: What allows us,...

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

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Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

Source: The...

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Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to...

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Tom Clancy: The difference between...

Tom Clancy: The difference between...

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Source:...

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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Aldous Huxley: Experience is not...

Aldous Huxley: Experience is not...

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

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Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

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Andre Malraux: Man is not...

Andre Malraux: Man is not...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Source: Attributed.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau: To endure is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: To endure is...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to...

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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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