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G K Chesterton: There is no...

G K Chesterton: There is no...

There is no skeptic who does not feel that men have doubted before, but no man in love thinks that anyone has been in...

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Henry David Thoreau: To inherit property...

Henry David Thoreau: To inherit property...

To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rather.

Source: In...

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John Dalberg Acton: A wise person...

John Dalberg Acton: A wise person...

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different...

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Daniel Boorstin: It is only...

Daniel Boorstin: It is only...

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the...

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Will Durant: The trouble with...

Will Durant: The trouble with...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes and fears rather than with their...

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C Northcote Parkinson: A committee is...

C Northcote Parkinson: A committee is...

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: When you get...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: When you get...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a...

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Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Source:...

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Albert Schweitzer: Just as the...

Albert Schweitzer: Just as the...

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live...

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Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Imelda Marcos: Life is not...

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country,...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

Eleanor Roosevelt: It is not...

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Source:...

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Morarji Desai: You are quite...

Morarji Desai: You are quite...

You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number...

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Ivy Baker Priest: Any woman who...

Ivy Baker Priest: Any woman who...

Any woman who has a career and a family automatically develops something in the way of two personalities, like two...

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Thomas More: For this is...

Thomas More: For this is...

For this is one of the ancientest laws among them; that no man shall be blamed for reasoning in the maintenance of his...

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George P Shultz: I learned in...

George P Shultz: I learned in...

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something,...

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James Callaghan: A leader has...

James Callaghan: A leader has...

A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

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A J Balfour: History does not...

A J Balfour: History does not...

History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.

Source: Quoted by his...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

Source: Letter to his son, 20 Jul...

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William Temple: Truth will be...

William Temple: Truth will be...

Truth will be uppermost one time or another, like cork, though kept down in the water.

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Bliss Carman: Set me a...

Bliss Carman: Set me a...

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is...

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