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John Selden: Idolatry is in...

John Selden: Idolatry is in...

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Source: In Poor...

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Clarence Darrow: The first half...

Clarence Darrow: The first half...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: Whether elected or...

Charles Hamilton Houston: Whether elected or...

Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them...

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Walter F Mondale: In our system,...

Walter F Mondale: In our system,...

In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff and that's it. You might...

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Alfred Victor Vigny: Above all, we...

Alfred Victor Vigny: Above all, we...

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to...

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Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

Walter Benjamin: He who asks...

He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand...

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Walter Benjamin: It is precisely...

Walter Benjamin: It is precisely...

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to...

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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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Cornelius Nepos: So that he...

Cornelius Nepos: So that he...

So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.

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J Saunders Redding: The writer's ultimate...

J Saunders Redding: The writer's ultimate...

The writer's ultimate purpose is to use his gifts to develop man's awareness of himself so that he, man, can become a...

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Jean Toomer: The realization of...

Jean Toomer: The realization of...

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rumer Godden: If books were...

Rumer Godden: If books were...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. . . . because it is the stitch that makes a...

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Mark Twain: I do not...

Mark Twain: I do not...

I do not like work even when someone else does it.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov...

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Mark Twain: When the doctrine...

Mark Twain: When the doctrine...

When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of...

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John Buchan: The charm of...

John Buchan: The charm of...

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for...

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John Buchan: What would you...

John Buchan: What would you...

'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, given...

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Thomas B Macaulay: Nothing except the...

Thomas B Macaulay: Nothing except the...

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Source: In Quotable...

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Benito Mussolini: The Liberal State...

Benito Mussolini: The Liberal State...

The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no...

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P B S Pinchback: We are an...

P B S Pinchback: We are an...

We are an element of strength and wealth too powerful to be ignored by the American People. All we need is a just...

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Harold Macmillan: At home you...

Harold Macmillan: At home you...

At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a...

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