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Gertrude Stein: I want to...

Gertrude Stein: I want to...

I want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

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Gertrude Stein: I could undertake...

Gertrude Stein: I could undertake...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient...

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Jerome K Jerome: Idleness, like kisses,...

Jerome K Jerome: Idleness, like kisses,...

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle...

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Jerome K Jerome: I can see...

Jerome K Jerome: I can see...

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always...

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Alvin Toffler: Knowledge is the...

Alvin Toffler: Knowledge is the...

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Source: Powershift: Knowledge,...

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Honore de Balzac: Behind every fortune...

Honore de Balzac: Behind every fortune...

Behind every fortune there is a crime.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

Source: The...

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G K Chesterton: The present condition...

G K Chesterton: The present condition...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

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-- G K Chesterton,...

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Albert Schweitzer: Until he extends...

Albert Schweitzer: Until he extends...

Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not find peace.

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Albert Schweitzer: In everyone's life,...

Albert Schweitzer: In everyone's life,...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another...

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Albert Schweitzer: There are two...

Albert Schweitzer: There are two...

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats.

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Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name...

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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

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Cornelius Nepos: The mother of...

Cornelius Nepos: The mother of...

The mother of a careful man seldom has cause for weeping.

Source: In Webster's...

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J Saunders Redding: The final test...

J Saunders Redding: The final test...

The final test of Afro-American studies will be the extent to which they rid the minds of whites and blacks alike of...

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Marcus Fabius Quintilian: We excuse our...

Marcus Fabius Quintilian: We excuse our...

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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Earl Warren: The man of...

Earl Warren: The man of...

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the...

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Earl Warren: It is the...

Earl Warren: It is the...

It is the spirit and not the form of the law that keeps justice alive.

Source: In...

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Joel A Barker: Those who say...

Joel A Barker: Those who say...

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

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