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Joseph Heller: Some men are...

Joseph Heller: Some men are...

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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Mark Twain: Why was the...

Mark Twain: Why was the...

Why was the human race created? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit...

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Richard Bach: A professional writer...

Richard Bach: A professional writer...

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Source: A Gift of Wings,...

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Aldous Huxley: Facts do not...

Aldous Huxley: Facts do not...

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Source: Proper Studies,...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Liberty is always...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Liberty is always...

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Source: In Correct...

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Corrie Ten Boom: The measure of...

Corrie Ten Boom: The measure of...

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Source:...

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Socrates: If all our...

Socrates: If all our...

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be...

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Ernest Dimnet: Every now and...

Ernest Dimnet: Every now and...

Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody...

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin: No more duty...

Edwin Hubbel Chapin: No more duty...

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best...

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John Bunyan: He that is...

John Bunyan: He that is...

He that is down needs fear no fall;
He that is low, no pride.


Source: The...

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John Bunyan: One leak will...

John Bunyan: One leak will...

One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.

Source: In The...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: It is with...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: It is with...

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live...

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Sydney Smith: In composing, as...

Sydney Smith: In composing, as...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor...

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Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Ernest Dimnet: Too often we...

Too often we forget that genius. . . depends upon the data within its reach, that Archimedes could not have devised...

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Augustus (and Julius) Hare: Science sees signs;...

Augustus (and Julius) Hare: Science sees signs;...

Science sees signs; Poetry the thing signified.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

Carter Heyward: I'm a priest,...

I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those who oppose us...

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Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others...

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Epictetus: A ship should...

Epictetus: A ship should...

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

Source: In...

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George Santayana: Words are weapons,...

George Santayana: Words are weapons,...

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

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