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Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Hippocrates: Everything in excess...

Hippocrates: Everything in excess...

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Meister Eckhart: Only the hand...

Meister Eckhart: Only the hand...

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Source: In Quotations of Wit...

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Marita Bonner: She did not...

Marita Bonner: She did not...

She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if...

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John Galsworthy: Idealism increases in...

John Galsworthy: Idealism increases in...

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

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Phillips Brooks: To say, well...

Phillips Brooks: To say, well...

To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them...

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George Henry Lewes: Many a genius...

George Henry Lewes: Many a genius...

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a...

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Denzel Washington: My mother never...

Denzel Washington: My mother never...

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right...

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Bill Clinton: Though our challenges...

Bill Clinton: Though our challenges...

Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a relentless, questioning, hopeful...

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Miguel de Unamuno: We need God,...

Miguel de Unamuno: We need God,...

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Mahatma Gandhi: The weak can...

Mahatma Gandhi: The weak can...

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Source: In...

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Artemus Ward: It ain't so...

Artemus Ward: It ain't so...

It ain't so much what people don't know that hurts as what they know that ain't so.

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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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All my life...

All my life...

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture.

Source: In The...

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Menander: No just person...

Menander: No just person...

No just person ever became quickly rich.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Allen: The achiever is...

George Allen: The achiever is...

The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive. I see no difference in a chair and the man who sits in the...

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Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that -- they have...

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Artemus Ward: Let us all...

Artemus Ward: Let us all...

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it...

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Keep some souvenirs...

Keep some souvenirs...

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

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