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Robertson Davies: The most original...

Robertson Davies: The most original...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult...

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Albert Schweitzer: The city of...

Albert Schweitzer: The city of...

The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.

Source: In...

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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.

Source:...

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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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John Dalberg Acton: Be not content...

John Dalberg Acton: Be not content...

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

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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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John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom,...

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John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by...

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Will Durant: Nothing is new...

Will Durant: Nothing is new...

Nothing is new except arrangement.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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J Saunders Redding: The writer's ultimate...

J Saunders Redding: The writer's ultimate...

The writer's ultimate purpose is to use his gifts to develop man's awareness of himself so that he, man, can become a...

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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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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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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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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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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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Joel A Barker: Your successful past...

Joel A Barker: Your successful past...

Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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A E Housman: Good religious poetry...

A E Housman: Good religious poetry...

Good religious poetry . . . is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the...

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A E Housman: About the woodlands...

A E Housman: About the woodlands...

About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.


Source: A...

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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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