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Manly Hall: Moderation is the...

Manly Hall: Moderation is the...

Moderation is the secret of survival.

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

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Plutarch: A sage thing...

Plutarch: A sage thing...

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.

Source: 'The Education...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: God made me...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: God made me...

God made me and broke the mold.

Source:
-- Jean Jacques Rousseau, (Jun 28...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Actual philosophers. . . are commanders and law-givers: they say thus it shall be!, it is they who determine the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The true man...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The true man...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Wit is the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Wit is the...

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Source: 'Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions'
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Friedrich Nietzsche: It is obvious...

Friedrich Nietzsche: It is obvious...

It is obvious that all sense has gone out of modern marriage: which is, however, no objection to marriage but to...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Is man one...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Is man one...

Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?

Source: In The...

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into...

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James Agee: Understanding, and action...

James Agee: Understanding, and action...

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's...

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Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: My dreams were...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: My dreams were...

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed -- my dearest pleasure...

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Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by...

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

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

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Anatole France: Irony is the...

Anatole France: Irony is the...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Source:
-- Anatole...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Source: On children.
-- Dr Seuss, (Mar 2 1904-1991),...

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Jean Toomer: We start with...

Jean Toomer: We start with...

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

Source: Definitions and...

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Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Benjamin L Hooks: Some [Blacks] lack...

Some [Blacks] lack a real grasp of the bitter struggle that was waged to pry open the corporate doors. The buppies...

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