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Phillips Brooks: Self-confidence is either...

Phillips Brooks: Self-confidence is either...

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's...

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Henry Ward Beecher: It is not...

Henry Ward Beecher: It is not...

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

Source:...

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin: Through every rift...

Edwin Hubbel Chapin: Through every rift...

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Man is the...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Man is the...

Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned how to...

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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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John Mason Neale: In his master's...

John Mason Neale: In his master's...

In his master's steps he trod,
Where the snow lay dinted.


Source: Carol
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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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Emile Chartier: Every idea I...

Emile Chartier: Every idea I...

Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.

Source: In What A...

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Frederic Raphael: During the years...

Frederic Raphael: During the years...

During the years when the barely educated immigrants were being replaced by barely educated native sons, Hollywood . ....

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Truman Capote: To me, the...

Truman Capote: To me, the...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words...

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Antonio Porchia: What words say...

Antonio Porchia: What words say...

What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the...

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Richard C Trench: [Language] has arrested...

Richard C Trench: [Language] has arrested...

[Language] has arrested ten thousand lightning flashes of genius, which, unless thus fixed and arrested, might have...

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Joseph Hall: Our body is...

Joseph Hall: Our body is...

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm...

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Hosea Ballou: Doubt is an...

Hosea Ballou: Doubt is an...

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content when I cannot be mended and patient...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: It's always the...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: It's always the...

It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits . . . of the majority are...

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Clarence Darrow: The pursuit of...

Clarence Darrow: The pursuit of...

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

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Clarence Darrow: I have never...

Clarence Darrow: I have never...

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.

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Claude Brown: Despite everything that...

Claude Brown: Despite everything that...

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that...

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