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Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between...

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Nora Ephron: When you have...

Nora Ephron: When you have...

When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different...

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Italo Calvino: Myth is the...

Italo Calvino: Myth is the...

Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet...

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Robertson Davies: Fanaticism is ....

Robertson Davies: Fanaticism is ....

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

Source: The Manticore, Viking...

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Robertson Davies: Authors like cats...

Robertson Davies: Authors like cats...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same...

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Desiderius Erasmus: It is an...

Desiderius Erasmus: It is an...

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Success is sweet...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Success is sweet...

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and...

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Dale Carnegie: Take a chance!...

Dale Carnegie: Take a chance!...

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and...

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Konrad Lorenz: It is a...

Konrad Lorenz: It is a...

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It...

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Marjorie Rosen: Does art reflect...

Marjorie Rosen: Does art reflect...

Does art reflect life? In movies, yes. Because more than any other art form, films have been a mirror held up to...

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Titus Livy: It takes a...

Titus Livy: It takes a...

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Titus Livy: Men are least...

Titus Livy: Men are least...

Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear.

Source: In The...

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Old things are...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Old things are...

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

Source: In Wisdom...

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Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: History is a...

Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: History is a...

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

Source: Recalled on his death;...

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Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: America is a...

Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: America is a...

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a...

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William C Nell: While I would...

William C Nell: While I would...

While I would not . . . detract from the credit justly due the men . . . . It was these mothers who accompanied me to...

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Henry Brooks Adams: As for America,...

Henry Brooks Adams: As for America,...

As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable,...

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Jacob Bronowski: The hand is...

Jacob Bronowski: The hand is...

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Jacob Bronowski: Every animal leaves...

Jacob Bronowski: Every animal leaves...

Every animal leaves traces of what he was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.

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William Hastie: Difficulty need not...

William Hastie: Difficulty need not...

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of...

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