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Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Source: In Oxford...

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Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Source: The Rover,...

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Ovid: Luck affects everything;...

Ovid: Luck affects everything;...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be...

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Virgil: It never troubles...

Virgil: It never troubles...

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Frances Watkins Harper: The true aim...

Frances Watkins Harper: The true aim...

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul,...

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Thomas Gray: If the best...

Thomas Gray: If the best...

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his...

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Edwin A Robinson: Youth sees too...

Edwin A Robinson: Youth sees too...

Youth sees too far to see how near it is
To seeing farther.


Source: In The...

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Martin Tupper: It is sure...

Martin Tupper: It is sure...

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Allen Ginsberg: Whoever controls the...

Allen Ginsberg: Whoever controls the...

Whoever controls the media -- the images -- controls the culture.

Source: From an...

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Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Source: In Quote (Anderson), 24 Mar...

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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: I gave the...

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: I gave the...

I gave the ripe fruit to the Cherished One and the one-so-beautiful-as-to-bring happiness to the Beloved. But I...

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Louis Armstrong: Musicians don't retire;...

Louis Armstrong: Musicians don't retire;...

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Source: In...

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Tom Lehrer: I wish people...

Tom Lehrer: I wish people...

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

Source: In 1,911...

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Victor Borge: Laughter is the...

Victor Borge: Laughter is the...

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Joan Didion: A place belongs...

Joan Didion: A place belongs...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes...

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Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Source:...

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Roy Acuff: Don't be a...

Roy Acuff: Don't be a...

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom,...

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Naomi Judd: Your body hears...

Naomi Judd: Your body hears...

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Source: In The Book of Country Music...

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Naomi Judd: Hope is a...

Naomi Judd: Hope is a...

Hope is a gift we give ourselves, and it remains when all else is gone.

Source: In...

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Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Source: In Woman's Almanac, by...

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