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Man is a...

Man is a...

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. He is like a watch of which the most that can be said is that its...

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What men value...

What men value...

What men value in this world is not rights, but privileges.

Source: Notebook Entry,...

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Poetry is a...

Poetry is a...

Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music.

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An idealist is...

An idealist is...

An idealist is a man who looks at a rose, and thinks, because it smells sweet, it will make better soup than...

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My guess is...

My guess is...

My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original...

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The whole aim...

The whole aim...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by...

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In Reno [Nevada],...

In Reno [Nevada],...

In Reno [Nevada], there is always a bull market, never a bear market for the stocks and bonds of...

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We've got to...

We've got to...

We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

Source:...

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About things on...

About things on...

About things on which the public thinks long it commonly thinks right.

Source: In...

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Admiration must be...

Admiration must be...

Admiration must be kept up by the novelty that at first produce it; . . . there must always be the impression that...

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Few enterprises of...

Few enterprises of...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we...

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I have always...

I have always...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means...

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In a free...

In a free...

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing so bad that it cannot masquerade as moral.

Source: A Preface to...

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You don't have...

You don't have...

You don't have to preach honesty to men with creative purpose. Let a human being throw the engines of his soul into...

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Never trust a...

Never trust a...

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Source: The Rubaiyat of a...

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Brigham Young: Remember, a chip...

Brigham Young: Remember, a chip...

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Crummell: Strive to make...

Alexander Crummell: Strive to make...

Strive to make something of yourself; then strive to make the most of yourself.

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Dogen: Do not arouse...

Dogen: Do not arouse...

Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a...

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Alexander Crummell: The greatness of...

Alexander Crummell: The greatness of...

The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a...

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