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Edward Gibbon: It has always...

Edward Gibbon: It has always...

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my...

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Ogden Nash: Senescence begins<br>And middle...

Ogden Nash: Senescence begins
And middle...

Senescence begins
And middle age ends,
The day your descendants,
Outnumber your...

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Edward Gibbon: The style of...

Edward Gibbon: The style of...

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of...

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Plato: Beauty of style...

Plato: Beauty of style...

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Source:...

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Jean Dubuffet: Culture is smitten...

Jean Dubuffet: Culture is smitten...

Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its...

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Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

Robert Penn Warren: A young man's...

A young man's ambition [is] to get along in the world and make a place for himself half your life goes that way, till...

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William Morris: A man at...

William Morris: A man at...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the...

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All the arts...

All the arts...

All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

What is art? Nature concentrated.

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

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I keep going...

I keep going...

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Source: On her...

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Charles Sanders Peirce: The pragmatist knows...

Charles Sanders Peirce: The pragmatist knows...

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

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Andrea Dworkin: Men who want...

Andrea Dworkin: Men who want...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically...

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The race is...

The race is...

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet...

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Alexis Carrel: Intuition comes very...

Alexis Carrel: Intuition comes very...

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of...

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Anita Roddick: If you do...

Anita Roddick: If you do...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first be different, be just.

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Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and going to the grave, something else happens.

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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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Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Too often we forget that genius. . . depends upon the data within its reach, that Archimedes could not have devised...

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August Wilson: She's just using...

August Wilson: She's just using...

She's just using him to keep from being by herself. That's the worst use of a man you can...

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