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Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself...

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Eric Gill: Without philosophy man...

Eric Gill: Without philosophy man...

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

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Annie Dillard: I startled a...

Annie Dillard: I startled a...

I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance. . . . Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the...

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Theodore Dreiser: Let no one...

Theodore Dreiser: Let no one...

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage...

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Dick Gregory: You know why...

Dick Gregory: You know why...

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to...

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John D Rockefeller, Jr: I had no...

John D Rockefeller, Jr: I had no...

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to...

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Beethoven can write...

Beethoven can write...

Beethoven can write music, thank God -- but he can do nothing else on earth.

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Francesco Petrarch: Who overrefines his...

Francesco Petrarch: Who overrefines his...

Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.

Source: In Shorter Bartlett's...

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Larry Speakes: You don't tell...

Larry Speakes: You don't tell...

You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

Source: In The...

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Louise Nevelson: From the first...

Louise Nevelson: From the first...

From the first day in school until the day I graduated, everyone gave me one hundred plus in art. Well, where do you...

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A wise man...

A wise man...

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Source: In Webster's...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture...

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Floyd Patterson: There is so...

Floyd Patterson: There is so...

There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they...

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Confess your sins...

Confess your sins...

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed...

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Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be.
How...

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Paul Gauguin: Art is either...

Paul Gauguin: Art is either...

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Source: In Pathos of Distance, by...

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T Boone Pickens: Far too many...

T Boone Pickens: Far too many...

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Source: In ...

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Dwight Whitney Morrow: Good government is...

Dwight Whitney Morrow: Good government is...

Good government is not a substitute for self-government.

Source: In Webster's...

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