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Eric Butterworth: In studying mathematics...

Eric Butterworth: In studying mathematics...

In studying mathematics or simply using a mathematical principle, if we get the wrong answer in sort of algebraic...

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Joseph Roux: Experience comprises illusions...

Joseph Roux: Experience comprises illusions...

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Source: Meditations...

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin: At the bottom...

Edwin Hubbel Chapin: At the bottom...

At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face...

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J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Source: The dwarf Gimli,...

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Truman Capote: Finishing a book...

Truman Capote: Finishing a book...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the yard and shot it.

Source:...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When one has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When one has...

When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets.

Source: In The...

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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: 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: Imaginary pains are...

Emile M Cioran: Imaginary pains are...

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because...

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Emile M Cioran: If we could...

Emile M Cioran: If we could...

If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.

Source:...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The ascetic makes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The ascetic makes...

The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue.

Source: Human, All Too Human, aph. 76,...

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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: A letter is...

Friedrich Nietzsche: A letter is...

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The man of...

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his...

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Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original...

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Ella T Grasso: It is not...

Ella T Grasso: It is not...

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about...

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Bliss Carman: There is only...

Bliss Carman: There is only...

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be...

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Joseph Goebbels: Intellectual activity is...

Joseph Goebbels: Intellectual activity is...

Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.

Source: In The...

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William Temple: The best rules...

William Temple: The best rules...

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in...

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Cleveland Amory: I can't take...

Cleveland Amory: I can't take...

I can't take a well-tanned person seriously.

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-- Cleveland Amory, (Sep 2...

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