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Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot...

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Herbert Spencer: It was remarked...

Herbert Spencer: It was remarked...

It was remarked to me by the late Mr. Charles Roupell . . . that to play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent...

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Niels Bohr: When it comes...

Niels Bohr: When it comes...

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with...

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John Tyndall: Knowledge once gained...

John Tyndall: Knowledge once gained...

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Source: In...

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Philip Crosby: Making a wrong...

Philip Crosby: Making a wrong...

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is...

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Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help...

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Stanislaw Lec: If a man...

Stanislaw Lec: If a man...

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

Source:
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Bertolt Brecht: The world of...

Bertolt Brecht: The world of...

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn
When teachers themselves are taught to learn.


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Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies,
O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity,
God-gifted organ voice of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tears, idle tears,/I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tears, idle tears,/I...

Tears, idle tears,/I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair,
Rise in the heart and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam<br>Floats up...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam
Floats up...

The steam
Floats up from those dim fields about the homes
Of happy men that have the power to die,
And grassy...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The toppling crags...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The toppling crags...

The toppling crags of Duty scaled
Are close upon the shining table-lands
To which our God Himself is moon and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart.

Source: Locksley...

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Oscar Wilde: Most modern calendars...

Oscar Wilde: Most modern calendars...

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the...

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Oscar Wilde: Formerly we used...

Oscar Wilde: Formerly we used...

Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may...

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Bertolt Brecht: Mixing one's wines...

Bertolt Brecht: Mixing one's wines...

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Source:...

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The violinist is...

The violinist is...

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency half tiger, half...

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If you approach...

If you approach...

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach...

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J B Priestley: I know only...

J B Priestley: I know only...

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is...

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