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Edward Gibbon: The author himself...

Edward Gibbon: The author himself...

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so...

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A J P Taylor: In my opinion,...

A J P Taylor: In my opinion,...

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer -- the wealth, prestige and grandeur...

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Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Source:...

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Jacob Bronowski: It doesn't matter...

Jacob Bronowski: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter whether you're talking about bombs or the intelligence quotients of one race as against another if a...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Stonewall Jackson: I like liquor...

Stonewall Jackson: I like liquor...

I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

The desire to write grows with writing.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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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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Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

Barbara De Angelis: No one is...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or...

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Dale Carnegie: The ideas I...

Dale Carnegie: The ideas I...

The ideas I stand for aren't mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from...

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Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Source: Alice's Adventures in...

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Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for...

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Learned Hand: There is no...

Learned Hand: There is no...

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

Source:...

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Louis Nizer: Yes, there's such...

Louis Nizer: Yes, there's such...

Yes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. . . . You'll still find...

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Orison Swett Marden: Begin where you...

Orison Swett Marden: Begin where you...

Begin where you are; work where you are; the hour which you are now wasting, dreaming of some far off success may be...

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Clarence Darrow: History repeats itself,...

Clarence Darrow: History repeats itself,...

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

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William Jennings Bryan: If we have...

William Jennings Bryan: If we have...

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

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Etty Hillesum: After each creative...

Etty Hillesum: After each creative...

After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know...

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