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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

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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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Mahatma Gandhi: A weak man...

Mahatma Gandhi: A weak man...

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

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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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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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Emile M Cioran: No one can...

Emile M Cioran: No one can...

No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.

Source: In The...

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Charles Peguy: Any father whose...

Charles Peguy: Any father whose...

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against...

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Charles Peguy: Short of genius,...

Charles Peguy: Short of genius,...

Short of genius, a rich man cannot imagine poverty.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

What is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding? It is the deepest part of...

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Joseph Hall: I first adventure,...

Joseph Hall: I first adventure,...

I first adventure, follow me who list
And be the second English satirist.


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Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue,...

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Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

Source: Poetry Is a Kind of...

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Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about...

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Ivan Turgenev: Nature is not...

Ivan Turgenev: Nature is not...

Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man's the workman in it.

Source:...

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Ivan Turgenev: Most people can't...

Ivan Turgenev: Most people can't...

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

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Epictetus: What concerns me...

Epictetus: What concerns me...

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

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Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The individual has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The individual has...

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The best friend...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The best friend...

The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for...

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