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Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Christina of Sweden: Life becomes useless...

Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.

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Louis XIV: Ah, if I...

Louis XIV: Ah, if I...

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

Source: Attributed.
-- Louis...

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Louis XIV: First feelings are...

Louis XIV: First feelings are...

First feelings are always the most natural.

Source: Repeated by Mme de...

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James I: He was a...

James I: He was a...

He was a bold man who first swallowed an oyster.

Source: Attributed by Thomas...

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James I: These are rare...

James I: These are rare...

These are rare attainments for a damsel, but pray tell me, can she spin?

Source: On...

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Alexander the Great: Remember upon the...

Alexander the Great: Remember upon the...

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George McGovern: Don't throw away...

George McGovern: Don't throw away...

Don't throw away your conscience.

Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire &...

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Harry S Truman: There is nothing...

Harry S Truman: There is nothing...

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

Source: In...

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John Quincy Adams: Courage and perseverance...

John Quincy Adams: Courage and perseverance...

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into...

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Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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James Allen: To begin to...

James Allen: To begin to...

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the...

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Aldous Huxley: I wanted to...

Aldous Huxley: I wanted to...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is...

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J G Ballard: The American Dream...

J G Ballard: The American Dream...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its...

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John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

John Steinbeck: The discipline of...

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

Source:...

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Don Delillo: I've come to...

Don Delillo: I've come to...

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Arnold Bennett: You can only...

Arnold Bennett: You can only...

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks...

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Edward Dahlberg: One of the...

Edward Dahlberg: One of the...

One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a...

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