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Edward Hoagland: In order to...

Edward Hoagland: In order to...

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open...

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Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral...

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P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

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P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Source: In Collier's, 31 Aug 1956;...

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Jean Paul: No heroine can...

Jean Paul: No heroine can...

No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.

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Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Source:...

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Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.

Source: In...

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Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that...

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Mencius: Friendship is one...

Mencius: Friendship is one...

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Democritus: Everything existing in...

Democritus: Everything existing in...

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Source:...

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Francis H Bradley: The hunter for...

Francis H Bradley: The hunter for...

The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own...

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Francis H Bradley: Where everything is...

Francis H Bradley: Where everything is...

Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.

Source: In Correct...

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Otto Weininger: All genius is...

Otto Weininger: All genius is...

All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.

Source: Sex and Character.
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Alan W Watts: To be angry...

Alan W Watts: To be angry...

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is...

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Socrates: In every sort...

Socrates: In every sort...

In every sort of danger, there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything...

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Socrates: The hour of...

Socrates: The hour of...

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways --I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God...

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Alan W Watts: How is it...

Alan W Watts: How is it...

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy is like...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy is like...

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve...

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Sir Walter Scott: The half hour...

Sir Walter Scott: The half hour...

The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my...

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Robert Graves: Prose books are...

Robert Graves: Prose books are...

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Source: On...

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