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Stephen Potter: A good general...

Stephen Potter: A good general...

A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.

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Arthur Koestler: The progress of...

Arthur Koestler: The progress of...

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories...

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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P G Wodehouse: He felt like...

P G Wodehouse: He felt like...

He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the...

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Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to...

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Graham Henry Greene: God. . ....

Graham Henry Greene: God. . ....

God. . . created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed -- that is the meaning of...

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Arnold Bennett: You can only...

Arnold Bennett: You can only...

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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George Eliot: When death, the...

George Eliot: When death, the...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our...

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Alfred Whitney Griswold: The only sure...

Alfred Whitney Griswold: The only sure...

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to...

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Alfred Whitney Griswold: The divine spark...

Alfred Whitney Griswold: The divine spark...

The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, whether it takes ultimate shape in a law of...

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John Erskine: Opinion is that...

John Erskine: Opinion is that...

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without...

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June Singer: Despite the continuing...

June Singer: Despite the continuing...

Despite the continuing expansion or even explosion of information, there will forever be limits beyond which the...

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Frantz Fanon: I came into...

Frantz Fanon: I came into...

I came into the world imbued with the will to find a meaning in things . . . and then I found I was an object in the...

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Frantz Fanon: He who is...

Frantz Fanon: He who is...

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.

Source: Black Skins, White Masks,...

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Robert Lynd: One of the...

Robert Lynd: One of the...

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of...

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Robert Lynd: Every man of...

Robert Lynd: Every man of...

Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

Source: In Peter's...

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Charles Horton Cooley: A talent somewhat...

Charles Horton Cooley: A talent somewhat...

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than...

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Carlos Castaneda: No person is...

Carlos Castaneda: No person is...

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

M F K Fisher: Sharing food with...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in...

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