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Joseph Conrad: Only in men's...

Joseph Conrad: Only in men's...

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is...

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Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds,...

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Richard Wright: I would hurl...

Richard Wright: I would hurl...

I would hurl words into the darkness and wait for an echo. If an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send...

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Richard Wright: Men can starve...

Richard Wright: Men can starve...

Men can starve from lack of self-realization as much as they can from lack of bread.

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Stephen King: Talent in cheaper...

Stephen King: Talent in cheaper...

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard...

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Stephen King: People want to...

Stephen King: People want to...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy...

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Jeremy Taylor: No man is...

Jeremy Taylor: No man is...

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims...

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Richard Cecil: Self-will so ardent...

Richard Cecil: Self-will so ardent...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit...

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Ernest Renan: Man makes holy...

Ernest Renan: Man makes holy...

Man makes holy what he believes, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Source: In...

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Bertrand Russell: One of the...

Bertrand Russell: One of the...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly...

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Diogenes: A man should...

Diogenes: A man should...

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire; not too near, lest he burn; not too far off, lest he...

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Benedict Spinoza: If you want...

Benedict Spinoza: If you want...

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Source: In...

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Chuang-tzu: He who knows...

Chuang-tzu: He who knows...

He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool. He who knows he is confused is not in the worst...

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Socrates: The beginning of...

Socrates: The beginning of...

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Benjamin Franklin: Applause waits on...

Benjamin Franklin: Applause waits on...

Applause waits on success.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Where I was...

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that...

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Alexis Carrel: A few observations...

Alexis Carrel: A few observations...

A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to...

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Marcel Duchamp: I don't believe...

Marcel Duchamp: I don't believe...

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

Source: In The World of Marcel...

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Kathe Kollwitz: Genius can probably...

Kathe Kollwitz: Genius can probably...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count...

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Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

Kathe Kollwitz: For the last...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and...

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