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Children are rarely...

Children are rarely...

Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and...

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The artist and...

The artist and...

The artist and the political activist are one. They are both shapers of the future reality. Both understand and...

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Perhaps it is...

Perhaps it is...

Perhaps it is the expediency in the political eye that blinds it.

Source: A Matter...

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Bores put you...

Bores put you...

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Source: How to Do...

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Any writer, I...

Any writer, I...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the...

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The beauty of...

The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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As they marched,...

As they marched,...

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that...

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Kindness and intelligence...

Kindness and intelligence...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of...

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We put [young...

We put [young...

We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy...

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Civilization is merely...

Civilization is merely...

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty...

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A hypocrite despises...

A hypocrite despises...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if...

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Learning is, in...

Learning is, in...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made...

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he...

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Very often a...

Very often a...

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Source: In The...

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The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time,...

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Education's purpose is...

Education's purpose is...

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Source: In Forbes...

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Doing easily what...

Doing easily what...

Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is...

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Analysis kills spontaneity....

Analysis kills spontaneity....

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no...

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A belief is...

A belief is...

A belief is not true because it is useful.

Source: Amiel's Journal, 1849-1872,...

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For purposes of...

For purposes of...

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of...

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