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Wilhelm von Humboldt: The government is...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: The government is...

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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A E Housman: From far, from...

A E Housman: From far, from...

From far, from eve and morning
And yon twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am...

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S I Hayakawa: It is not...

S I Hayakawa: It is not...

It is not true that we only have one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of...

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S I Hayakawa: So I will...

S I Hayakawa: So I will...

So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.

Source:...

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Arthur J Goldberg: If Columbus had...

Arthur J Goldberg: If Columbus had...

If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

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Albert Schweitzer: As we acquire...

Albert Schweitzer: As we acquire...

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more...

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Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

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Maxine Hong Kingston: To me success...

Maxine Hong Kingston: To me success...

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world -- that I...

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Alvin Toffler: The illiterate of...

Alvin Toffler: The illiterate of...

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to...

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Carolyn Wells: We should live...

Carolyn Wells: We should live...

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

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Robert Fulghum: Be aware of...

Robert Fulghum: Be aware of...

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play...

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Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing...

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Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they...

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Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

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Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

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Henry James, Jr: It is, I...

Henry James, Jr: It is, I...

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world,...

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Aesop: Men often applaud...

Aesop: Men often applaud...

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that -- they have...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in...

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Will Durant: Our knowledge is...

Will Durant: Our knowledge is...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Source: In...

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