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Charles V: I came, I...

Charles V: I came, I...

I came, I saw, God conquered.

Source: Remark after the Battle of Muhlberg, 23 Apr...

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Truman Capote: I don't care...

Truman Capote: I don't care...

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

Source: In The...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: What separates two...

Friedrich Nietzsche: What separates two...

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

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John Bunyan: If we have...

John Bunyan: If we have...

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty...

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George Santayana: Progress, far from...

George Santayana: Progress, far from...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned...

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George Santayana: The wisest mind...

George Santayana: The wisest mind...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

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-- George Santayana, (Dec...

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Corrie Ten Boom: It is not...

Corrie Ten Boom: It is not...

It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.

Source: In...

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Wilkie Collins: The future of...

Wilkie Collins: The future of...

The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public -- a reading public of three millions which lies right...

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Sloan Wilson: It's not a...

Sloan Wilson: It's not a...

It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building with...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.

Source:...

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George Orwell: For a creative...

George Orwell: For a creative...

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

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Peter De Vries: I write when...

Peter De Vries: I write when...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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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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Francois LaRochefoucauld: Nature creates ability;...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: Nature creates ability;...

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Henry James, Jr: She felt in...

Henry James, Jr: She felt in...

She felt in italics and thought in capitals.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Charles Buxton: The rule in...

Charles Buxton: The rule in...

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a...

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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Margaret Atwood: If the national...

Margaret Atwood: If the national...

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid...

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