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Menander: Know thyself' is...

Menander: Know thyself' is...

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

Source: In Correct...

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Jean Giraudoux: The secret of...

Jean Giraudoux: The secret of...

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

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David Mamet: A good film...

David Mamet: A good film...

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

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John Vanbrugh: Virtue is its...

John Vanbrugh: Virtue is its...

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays...

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Tennessee Williams: We're all of...

Tennessee Williams: We're all of...

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

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Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

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Friedrich von Schiller: The great happiness...

Friedrich von Schiller: The great happiness...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical...

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Thomas Tusser: In doing of...

Thomas Tusser: In doing of...

In doing of either, let wit bear a stroke,
For buying or selling of pig in a poke.


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Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.

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Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Every production must resemble its author.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea; you cannot put an idea up against the barrack-square wall and riddle...

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Stanislaw Lec: Thoughts, like fleas,...

Stanislaw Lec: Thoughts, like fleas,...

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.

Source:...

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Kathe Kollwitz: Genius can probably...

Kathe Kollwitz: Genius can probably...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count...

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Lee Iacocca: Never rest on...

Lee Iacocca: Never rest on...

Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.

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Lee Iacocca: I'm sometimes described...

Lee Iacocca: I'm sometimes described...

I'm sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that...

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William H Gates: [Smart] is an...

William H Gates: [Smart] is an...

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful...

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Thomas J Watson, Sr: Every time we've...

Thomas J Watson, Sr: Every time we've...

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block,...

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Philip Crosby: Being convinced one...

Philip Crosby: Being convinced one...

Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.

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Donald Trump: Sometimes by losing...

Donald Trump: Sometimes by losing...

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Source: In The...

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