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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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Thomas Fuller: He that will...

Thomas Fuller: He that will...

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Source: In...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

Alexis de Tocqueville: In a revolution,...

In a revolution, as in a novel. the most difficult part to invent is the end.

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Source: In The...

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Clarence Thomas: The truth of...

Clarence Thomas: The truth of...

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in...

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Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

I have a box of papers at home of [my own press coverage]. When I'm sixty, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and...

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Jacques Barzun: Teaching is not...

Jacques Barzun: Teaching is not...

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Source: In...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: A government, for...

Amos Bronson Alcott: A government, for...

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and...

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Marita Bonner: The one real...

Marita Bonner: The one real...

The one real thing that money buys -- Time.

Source: On Being Young -- A Woman --...

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Dale Carnegie: First ask yourself:...

Dale Carnegie: First ask yourself:...

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the...

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Dale Carnegie: Today is life...

Dale Carnegie: Today is life...

Today is life -- the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Homer: A decent boldness...

Homer: A decent boldness...

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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George Borrow: I have always...

George Borrow: I have always...

I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized...

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Edith Hamilton: Great art is...

Edith Hamilton: Great art is...

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that...

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Edward Gibbon: Every man who...

Edward Gibbon: Every man who...

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more...

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Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

Edward Gibbon: We improve ourselves...

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and we must win.

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Henry Brooks Adams: Nothing in education...

Henry Brooks Adams: Nothing in education...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert...

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Theodore H White: Whether a man...

Theodore H White: Whether a man...

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it;...

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