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Hannah Arendt: Man cannot be...

Hannah Arendt: Man cannot be...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never...

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A E Housman: Now, of my...

A E Housman: Now, of my...

Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again.


Source: A...

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Potter Stewart: Swift justice demands...

Potter Stewart: Swift justice demands...

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Source: In Time, 20 Oct 1958.
--...

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Nora Ephron: I am continually...

Nora Ephron: I am continually...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from...

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George Borrow: Two great talkers...

George Borrow: Two great talkers...

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

Source: In 2,715 One-Line...

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Omar Bradley: We are given...

Omar Bradley: We are given...

We are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind or whether to...

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Ferdinand Foch: The fundamental qualities...

Ferdinand Foch: The fundamental qualities...

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which...

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Norman Schwarzkopf: The truth of...

Norman Schwarzkopf: The truth of...

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: Commonplace minds usually...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: Commonplace minds usually...

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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Jane Rule: I had never...

Jane Rule: I had never...

I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: I love men,...

Guillaume Apollinaire: I love men,...

I love men, not for what unites them, but for divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their...

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G K Chesterton: All slang is...

G K Chesterton: All slang is...

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Source: The Defendant.
-- G K...

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G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in...

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Artemus Ward: Why care for...

Artemus Ward: Why care for...

Why care for grammar as long as we are good?

Source: Pyrotechny.
-- Artemus...

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Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

Source: Artemus Ward's...

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Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Experientia does it - as papa used to say.

Source: (Mrs Micawber) David...

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Mary Stewart: I reached for...

Mary Stewart: I reached for...

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful...

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John LeCarre: Having your book...

John LeCarre: Having your book...

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

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Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Enclosing every thin man, there's a fat man demanding elbow-room.

Source:...

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