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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit lies in...

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...

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Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were...

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Michel de Certeau: As a first...

Michel de Certeau: As a first...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the...

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John Aubrey: How these curiosities...

John Aubrey: How these curiosities...

How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellows as I am put them...

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Carl Sagan: I would be...

Carl Sagan: I would be...

I would be very ashamed of my civilization if we did not try to find out if there is life in outer...

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Kelly Miller: Civilization is not...

Kelly Miller: Civilization is not...

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down...

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Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Men of genius...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Men of genius...

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.

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Aesop: It is not...

Aesop: It is not...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Source: Fables, 'The Jay and the...

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Michel Foucault: Madness is the...

Michel Foucault: Madness is the...

Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in...

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Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Meister Eckhart: Time is what...

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but...

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Derek Bok: If you think...

Derek Bok: If you think...

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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bell hooks: . . .there...

bell hooks: . . .there...

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions,...

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Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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No tyranny is...

No tyranny is...

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and...

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The person who...

The person who...

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and...

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Our imaginations seem...

Our imaginations seem...

Our imaginations seem to have been torn open . . . as by a charge of dynamite.

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Do more than...

Do more than...

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who...

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