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Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the...

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G K Chesterton: The word good...

G K Chesterton: The word good...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards,...

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G K Chesterton: One sees great...

G K Chesterton: One sees great...

One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak.

Source:...

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Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible,...

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Joel A Barker: The ultimate function...

Joel A Barker: The ultimate function...

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it.

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Wilhelm von Humboldt: True enjoyment comes...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: True enjoyment comes...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever...

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A E Housman: Perfect understanding will...

A E Housman: Perfect understanding will...

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

Source: In...

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S I Hayakawa: If you see...

S I Hayakawa: If you see...

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of...

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Felix Frankfurter: The dynamo of...

Felix Frankfurter: The dynamo of...

The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of...

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Warren E Burger: For better or...

Warren E Burger: For better or...

For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I do not...

I do not know why Diogenes * went looking for a man: nothing could happen to him worse than finding...

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William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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John Selden: In quoting of...

John Selden: In quoting of...

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not...

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Clarence Darrow: The world is...

Clarence Darrow: The world is...

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own...

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Walter F Mondale: I hope we...

Walter F Mondale: I hope we...

I hope we don't lose in America this demand that those of us who want this office . . . must be prepared not to handle...

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Walter F Mondale: What do we...

Walter F Mondale: What do we...

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

Source: To...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it...

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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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Walter Benjamin: The art of...

Walter Benjamin: The art of...

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying...

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Walter Benjamin: The art of...

Walter Benjamin: The art of...

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism...

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