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Plato: Arguments derived from...

Plato: Arguments derived from...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

Source: Phaedo.
-- Plato, (May 21...

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Gotthold Lessing: What education is...

Gotthold Lessing: What education is...

What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

Source:...

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Gotthold Lessing: He who doesn't...

Gotthold Lessing: He who doesn't...

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

Source: In...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: The thirst after...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: The thirst after...

The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Actual philosophers. . . are commanders and law-givers: they say thus it shall be!, it is they who determine the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: So long as...

Friedrich Nietzsche: So long as...

So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: We do not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: We do not...

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Wit is the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Wit is the...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Source: 'Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions'
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John Bunyan: In prayer it...

John Bunyan: In prayer it...

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.

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V S Naipaul: The world is...

V S Naipaul: The world is...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in...

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James Agee: Understanding, and action...

James Agee: Understanding, and action...

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's...

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John LeCarre: You should have...

John LeCarre: You should have...

You should have died when I killed you.

Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...

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Shirley Jackson: It has long...

Shirley Jackson: It has long...

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears...

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Anthony Powell: He fell in...

Anthony Powell: He fell in...

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove...

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Anthony Powell: People think that...

Anthony Powell: People think that...

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs...

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Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going...

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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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William McKinley: Our differences are...

William McKinley: Our differences are...

Our differences are politics, our agreements principles.

Source: Speech, 1901
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Benito Mussolini: The keystone of...

Benito Mussolini: The keystone of...

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For...

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