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Alan Bennett: I was an...

Alan Bennett: I was an...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Source:...

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Johann Casper Lavater: He alone is...

Johann Casper Lavater: He alone is...

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.

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Far from having...

Far from having...

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

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But if the...

But if the...

But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment. . ....

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Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Adlai Stevenson: If we value...

Adlai Stevenson: If we value...

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex...

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Franklin P Jones: One trouble with...

Franklin P Jones: One trouble with...

One trouble with developing speed reading skills is that by the time you realize a book is boring you've already...

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Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be...

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Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer,
And as she dreams she gets paler and leaner.
Then be off to your...

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James Thurber: He knows all...

James Thurber: He knows all...

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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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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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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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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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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