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Jacques Maritain: Gratitude is the...

Jacques Maritain: Gratitude is the...

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Source: Reflections on America,...

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Gaston Bachelard: One must always...

Gaston Bachelard: One must always...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with...

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William Temple: Humility does not...

William Temple: Humility does not...

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your...

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Abba Eban: Better to be...

Abba Eban: Better to be...

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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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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Bill Clinton: It wasn't my...

Bill Clinton: It wasn't my...

It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.

Source: About his...

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Salman Rushdie: If Woody Allen...

Salman Rushdie: If Woody Allen...

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

Source: On the anger and death...

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Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in...

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

The idea of a series of items, following one another docilely, forms the only possible reasonable approach to life if...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Louis Auchincloss: A neurotic can...

Louis Auchincloss: A neurotic can...

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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James Thurber: It had only...

James Thurber: It had only...

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

Source: When asked his opinion of a...

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Mark Twain: What is there...

Mark Twain: What is there...

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which...

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Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

The answers you get from literature depend upon the questions you pose.

Source: In...

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Robert Nathan: Give exceeding thanks...

Robert Nathan: Give exceeding thanks...

Give exceeding thanks for the mystery which remains a mystery still -- the veil that hides you from the infinite,...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William McFee: If fate means...

William McFee: If fate means...

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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