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James Thurber: A burden in...

James Thurber: A burden in...

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Henry Miller: I didn't have...

Henry Miller: I didn't have...

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording...

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Fay Weldon: The desire for...

Fay Weldon: The desire for...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

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George MacDonald: No man ever...

George MacDonald: No man ever...

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the...

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Salman Rushdie: A book is...

Salman Rushdie: A book is...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in...

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Salman Rushdie: Books choose their...

Salman Rushdie: Books choose their...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

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Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

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Frederic Raphael: The great networks...

Frederic Raphael: The great networks...

The great networks are there to prove that ideas can be canned like spaghetti. If everything ends up by tasting like...

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Joseph Hall: It is of...

Joseph Hall: It is of...

It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of...

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Joseph Hall: He is great...

Joseph Hall: He is great...

He is great enough that is his own master.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

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Robert South: Action is the...

Robert South: Action is the...

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his...

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Hosea Ballou: A single bad...

Hosea Ballou: A single bad...

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white...

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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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Sydney Smith: Oh, don't tell...

Sydney Smith: Oh, don't tell...

Oh, don't tell me of facts -- I never believe facts: you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except...

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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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Karl Popper: Those who promise...

Karl Popper: Those who promise...

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.

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George Henry Lewes: We must never...

George Henry Lewes: We must never...

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

Source: Physiology of Common...

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