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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Sara Teasdale: When I can...

Sara Teasdale: When I can...

When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: If you have...

Titus Maccius Plautus: If you have...

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to...

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August Wilson: I found out...

August Wilson: I found out...

I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible.

Source: West, in Two Trains...

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Edward Albee: One must let...

Edward Albee: One must let...

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions to...

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Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

This is Daddy's bedtime secret for today: Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is...

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William Congreve: Tis well enough...

William Congreve: Tis well enough...

Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a...

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William Congreve: Defer not till...

William Congreve: Defer not till...

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.


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Thomas Middleton: A little too...

Thomas Middleton: A little too...

A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.

Source: Phoenix, act 1, sc....

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Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Beth Henley: There are probably...

Beth Henley: There are probably...

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, Hello, how do you do?...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Aristophanes: You have all...

Aristophanes: You have all...

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar...

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Menander: Nothing is more...

Menander: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Source:
-- Menander, ( 342-292BC), Greek...

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Jean Giraudoux: We all know...

Jean Giraudoux: We all know...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as...

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Gifford Pinchot: Conservation is the...

Gifford Pinchot: Conservation is the...

Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common...

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Gifford Pinchot: The outgrowth of...

Gifford Pinchot: The outgrowth of...

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.

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Alfred Korzybski: If the structure...

Alfred Korzybski: If the structure...

If the structure is not similar, then the traveller or speaker is led astray, which, in serious human life-problems,...

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Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Bedside manners are...

Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Bedside manners are...

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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