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Gustave Courbet: The beautiful is...

Gustave Courbet: The beautiful is...

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs...

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Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Horatio Nelson: No captain can...

Horatio Nelson: No captain can...

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

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Kingsley Amis: Feeling a tremendous...

Kingsley Amis: Feeling a tremendous...

Feeling a tremendous rakehell, and not liking myself much for it, and feeling rather a good chap for not liking myself...

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Meister Eckhart: What a man...

Meister Eckhart: What a man...

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Source: In The...

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Michel Foucault: The work of...

Michel Foucault: The work of...

The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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Years ago we...

Years ago we...

Years ago we discovered the exact point the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up...

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It is fast...

It is fast...

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the...

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Althea Gibson: No matter what...

Althea Gibson: No matter what...

No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.

Source: In Time, 26...

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The past was...

The past was...

The past was nothing to her; offered no lesson which she was willing to heed. The future was a mystery which she never...

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being...

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If you attack...

If you attack...

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of...

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I am not...

I am not...

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his...

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In motivating people,...

In motivating people,...

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example -- and...

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Is there any...

Is there any...

Is there any other industry in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not...

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We grow gray...

We grow gray...

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

Source: In The...

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I know of...

I know of...

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an...

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To give pain...

To give pain...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Source: In...

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