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Jean-Paul Sartre: Three o'clock is...

Jean-Paul Sartre: Three o'clock is...

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

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Jean-Paul Sartre: When the rich...

Jean-Paul Sartre: When the rich...

When the rich wage war it is the poor who die.

Source: Le Diable et le bon...

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Steven Seagal: I think people...

Steven Seagal: I think people...

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never...

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Euripides: Slight not what...

Euripides: Slight not what...

Slight not what is near, while aiming at what is far.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Marcel Proust: We do not...

Marcel Proust: We do not...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

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Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes...

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Paul Tournier: The real meaning...

Paul Tournier: The real meaning...

The real meaning of travel, like that of a conversation by the fireside, is the discovery of oneself through contact...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Once a disease...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Once a disease...

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Thoughts create a...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Thoughts create a...

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

True perfection is achieved only by those who are prepared to destroy it. It is a by-product of...

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Stephen Leacock: If every day...

Stephen Leacock: If every day...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with...

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Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more...

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Douglas MacArthur: Old soldiers never...

Douglas MacArthur: Old soldiers never...

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

Source: Perhaps from a folk song in...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The general who...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The general who...

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Therefore the skilful...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Therefore the skilful...

Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Glory is fleeting,...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Glory is fleeting,...

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody...

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Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great...

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Gertrude Stein: What is the...

Gertrude Stein: What is the...

What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?

Source: Her...

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