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Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

Source: In...

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Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be...

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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 people...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Taylor Caldwell: Contrary to general...

Taylor Caldwell: Contrary to general...

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more...

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

Source:...

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Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human...

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Robert Frost: How many apples...

Robert Frost: How many apples...

How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint? Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over...

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Jules Renard: The reward of...

Jules Renard: The reward of...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are...

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Thomas Shadwell: Every man loves...

Thomas Shadwell: Every man loves...

Every man loves what he is good at.

Source: A True Widow, V:1
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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