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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.

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William Manchester: Abruptly the poker...

William Manchester: Abruptly the poker...

Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a forgotten ember, still smoldering down...

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A J P Taylor: Human blunders usually...

A J P Taylor: Human blunders usually...

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

Source: The...

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A J P Taylor: A racing tipster...

A J P Taylor: A racing tipster...

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his...

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Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and...

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Henry Brooks Adams: It is impossible...

Henry Brooks Adams: It is impossible...

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

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Henry Brooks Adams: It is always...

Henry Brooks Adams: It is always...

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

Source: Comment on Robert...

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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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Lin Yutang: Besides the noble...

Lin Yutang: Besides the noble...

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life...

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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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Learned Hand: Words are not...

Learned Hand: Words are not...

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Alice Paul: I always feel...

Alice Paul: I always feel...

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic...

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Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now...

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Alexander Cockburn: A childish soul...

Alexander Cockburn: A childish soul...

A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious...

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Orison Swett Marden: It is like...

Orison Swett Marden: It is like...

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

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Albert Pike: Doubt [is] the...

Albert Pike: Doubt [is] the...

Doubt [is] the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery. The faculty of doubting and questioning . . ....

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Etty Hillesum: One must also...

Etty Hillesum: One must also...

One must also accept that one has uncreative moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments...

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Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

Etty Hillesum: I do believe...

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's...

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Northrop Frye: The most technologically...

Northrop Frye: The most technologically...

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

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Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet...

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