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Gustave Courbet: I hope to...

Gustave Courbet: I hope to...

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota, without . . . having painted as much...

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: One fool can...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: One fool can...

One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.

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Claudius: Say not always...

Claudius: Say not always...

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Charles V: A single friar...

Charles V: A single friar...

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Whatever is in...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Whatever is in...

Whatever is in any way beautiful has its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part...

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Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original...

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Harold Macmillan: It's no use...

Harold Macmillan: It's no use...

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

Source: On Soviet cancellation of summit...

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Harold Macmillan: When the curtain...

Harold Macmillan: When the curtain...

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

Source: On...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

[O]thers live on in a careless and lukewarm state -- not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: Into each life, some...

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James Baker: Who could not...

James Baker: Who could not...

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the...

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Antonio Gramsci: Before puberty the...

Antonio Gramsci: Before puberty the...

Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire...

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Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

Source:...

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Victor Hugo: He who opens...

Victor Hugo: He who opens...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Louise Erdrich: Here I am,...

Louise Erdrich: Here I am,...

Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be...

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Arthur Miller: The world is...

Arthur Miller: The world is...

The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress.

Source: In The...

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Eugene O'Neill: Critics? I love...

Eugene O'Neill: Critics? I love...

Critics? I love every bone in their heads.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.

Source: Notes and...

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Edmond Rostand: I recoil, overcome...

Edmond Rostand: I recoil, overcome...

I recoil, overcome with the glory of my rosy hue and the knowledge that I, a mere cock, have made the sun...

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Bertolt Brecht: The finest plans...

Bertolt Brecht: The finest plans...

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of those that should carry them out. Even emperors can't...

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