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Eric Butterworth: One of the...

Eric Butterworth: One of the...

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Richard Wright: The impulse to...

Richard Wright: The impulse to...

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new...

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Jeremy Taylor: Men are apt...

Jeremy Taylor: Men are apt...

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Source: In Correct...

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Richard Cecil: Eloquence is vehement...

Richard Cecil: Eloquence is vehement...

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

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-- Richard Cecil, (Nov 8 1748-1810),...

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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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Diogenes: A man should...

Diogenes: A man should...

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he...

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Socrates: Wonder is the...

Socrates: Wonder is the...

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Source: In...

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Albert Schweitzer: Any profound view...

Albert Schweitzer: Any profound view...

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are...

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George S Patton: Wars may be...

George S Patton: Wars may be...

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who...

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Norman Schwarzkopf: You learn far...

Norman Schwarzkopf: You learn far...

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And,...

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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: If a little...

Marcel Proust: If a little...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the...

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Barbara Tuchman: To be a...

Barbara Tuchman: To be a...

To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of...

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Titus Livy: We fear things...

Titus Livy: We fear things...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

[I]f it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Where painting is...

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is...

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Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

Source: Droll...

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Honore de Balzac: One exits with...

Honore de Balzac: One exits with...

One exits with one's husband -- one lives with one's lover.

Source: In Webster's...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Excellent!' I cried....

Arthur Conan Doyle: Excellent!' I cried....

'Excellent!' I cried. 'Elementary,' said he.

Source: Watson talking to Sherlock...

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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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