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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy...

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Milan Kundera: Optimism is the...

Milan Kundera: Optimism is the...

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Source: The Joke, pt. 3, ch. 3 (1967; tr....

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Milan Kundera: Solitude: a sweet...

Milan Kundera: Solitude: a sweet...

Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.

Source: Immortality, pt. 1, ch. 6 (1991).
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Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Konrad Lorenz: Humor and knowledge...

Konrad Lorenz: Humor and knowledge...

Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture.

Source: In Reader's...

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Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Marjorie Rosen: Studios, purporting to...

Studios, purporting to ease the anguish of Depression reality, transformed movies into the poIitics of fantasy, the...

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James A Froude: The practical effect...

James A Froude: The practical effect...

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Source: In...

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William C Nell: Any man among...

William C Nell: Any man among...

Any man among us, voting for their respective candidates, virtually recognizes the righteousness of their principles,...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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Alice Walker: God is inside...

Alice Walker: God is inside...

God is inside you and inside everybody else. But only them that search for it inside find it. And sometimes it just...

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Ralph Ellison: The antidote to...

Ralph Ellison: The antidote to...

The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize ideas. Or, as...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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James B Conant: Whether a man...

James B Conant: Whether a man...

Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the success or...

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Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

Edith Hamilton: The fullness of...

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

Source: The Great Age of Greek...

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Ferdinand Foch: It take 15,000...

Ferdinand Foch: It take 15,000...

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Oliver Cromwell: He who stops...

Oliver Cromwell: He who stops...

He who stops being better stops being good.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Miyamoto Musashi: People in this...

Miyamoto Musashi: People in this...

People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is...

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Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

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Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Mary Ritter Beard: Action without study...

Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.

Source: In The Forbes...

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