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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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John Barth: The Bible is...

John Barth: The Bible is...

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

Source: In The...

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Alan Paton: Who knows for...

Alan Paton: Who knows for...

Who knows for what we live, struggle and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this,...

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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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Emily Bronte: Vain are the...

Emily Bronte: Vain are the...

Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts, unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest...

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Hermann Hesse: Eternity is a...

Hermann Hesse: Eternity is a...

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

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Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Harper Lee: Never, never, never,...

Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to . . . . Do it,...

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George MacDonald: Beauty and sadness...

George MacDonald: Beauty and sadness...

Beauty and sadness always go together.
Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth
Upon the earth without a...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: Let the man...

William Makepeace Thackeray: Let the man...

Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world...

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James Allen: Good thoughts bear...

James Allen: Good thoughts bear...

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit -- and man is his own gardener.

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Keep what is worth keeping --
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.


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Anna Sewell: I am never...

Anna Sewell: I am never...

I am never afraid of what I know.

Source: Black Beauty, 1877.
-- Anna Sewell,...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the...

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Alex Haley: I look...

Alex Haley: I look...

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...

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