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John Paul Jones: We have a...

John Paul Jones: We have a...

We have a right to believe that faith is the stronger emotion because it is positive wheras fear is...

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Robert Baden-Powell: Dyb-dyb-dyb....

Robert Baden-Powell: Dyb-dyb-dyb....

Dyb-dyb-dyb.

Source: Wolf-Cub chant meaning 'Do your best.'
-- Robert...

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T E Lawrence: I'm re-reading it...

T E Lawrence: I'm re-reading it...

I'm re-reading it with a slow deliberate carelessness.

Source: Letter to Edward...

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Oliver Cromwell: Do not trust...

Oliver Cromwell: Do not trust...

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be...

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Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over...

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Marcel Proust: We do not...

Marcel Proust: We do not...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as...

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Annie Dillard: You can't test...

Annie Dillard: You can't test...

You can't test courage cautiously.

Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, ch. 6,...

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Anais Nin: We don't see...

Anais Nin: We don't see...

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Gertrude Stein: Nature is commonplace....

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Source: In My Autobiography,...

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Gertrude Stein: I write for...

Gertrude Stein: I write for...

I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear readers, are an after-thought.

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality,...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Life is obstinate...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Life is obstinate...

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Source: Frankenstein,...

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William McFee: People don't ever...

William McFee: People don't ever...

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right's no guarantee against...

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Carolyn Wells: The books we...

Carolyn Wells: The books we...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to...

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Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

Elias Canetti: The profoundest thoughts...

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something tricklike about them. A lot disappears in order for...

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Aesop: Wealth unused might...

Aesop: Wealth unused might...

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Francois Rabelais: When I drink,...

Francois Rabelais: When I drink,...

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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R S Surtees: Three things I...

R S Surtees: Three things I...

Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.

Source: Hillingdon...

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