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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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Georges Seurat: Under a blazing...

Georges Seurat: Under a blazing...

Under a blazing mid-afternoon summer sky, we see the Seine flooded with sunshine . . . people are strolling, others...

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Christopher Marlowe: It lies not...

Christopher Marlowe: It lies not...

It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is over-ruled by fate.


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John Ford: Busy opinion is...

John Ford: Busy opinion is...

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

Source: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 1, sc. 1,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Not that the...

Henry David Thoreau: Not that the...

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

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John Ford: Why, I hold...

John Ford: Why, I hold...

Why, I hold fate
Clasped in my fist, and could command the course
Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou...

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June Singer: The modern man...

June Singer: The modern man...

The modern man needs to rescue himself from cultural provincialism.

Source:...

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I swim in...

I swim in...

I swim in a shaft of light, upside down, and I can see myself clearly, through and through, from every angle. Perhaps...

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Criticism, as it...

Criticism, as it...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

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Joseph Wood Krutch: Security depends not...

Joseph Wood Krutch: Security depends not...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

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Jackie Robinson: Are you looking...

Jackie Robinson: Are you looking...

Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?

Source: On being tapped by Branch...

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Emile Durkheim: One cannot long...

Emile Durkheim: One cannot long...

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain...

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Loveliness<br>Needs not the...

Loveliness
Needs not the...

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the...

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G C Lichtenberg: Nothing can contribute...

G C Lichtenberg: Nothing can contribute...

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

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Bob Geldof: Most people get...

Bob Geldof: Most people get...

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get...

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Isaac Watts: Speak softly. It...

Isaac Watts: Speak softly. It...

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.
Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: Religion is the...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: Religion is the...

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

Source:...

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The thorn from...

The thorn from...

The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more...

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Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Dear boy, it isn't that your manners are bad -- it's simply that you have no manners at...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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