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Kingsley Amis: He resolved, having...

Kingsley Amis: He resolved, having...

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

Source: On...

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Max Eastman: A joke is...

Max Eastman: A joke is...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible...

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Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

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Nora Ephron: I always read...

Nora Ephron: I always read...

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned...

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Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Source: In Correct...

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Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterday's sneer and...

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Truman Capote: To me, the...

Truman Capote: To me, the...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words...

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Cynthia Ozick: In saying what...

Cynthia Ozick: In saying what...

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

Source: We...

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C S Lewis: The long dull...

C S Lewis: The long dull...

The long dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who chooses...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who chooses...

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: An artist has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: An artist has...

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Only sick music...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Only sick music...

Only sick music makes money today.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: And as for...

Friedrich Nietzsche: And as for...

And as for sickness: would we not almost be tempted to ask whether we can in any way do without it? Only great pain...

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Phillips Brooks: The ideal life...

Phillips Brooks: The ideal life...

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Man is the...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Man is the...

Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned how to...

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Ernest Dimnet: The happiness of...

Ernest Dimnet: The happiness of...

The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of...

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George Santayana: By nature's kindly...

George Santayana: By nature's kindly...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: Our will is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: Our will is...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

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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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Jiddu Krishnamurti: A consistent thinker...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: A consistent thinker...

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a...

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