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Friedrich Nietzsche: Species do not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Species do not...

Species do not evolve to perfection, but quite the contrary. The weak, in fact, always prevail over the strong, not...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Experience, as a...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Experience, as a...

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One should die...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One should die...

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

Source: Balloons,...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free...

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Rachel Field: There was no...

Rachel Field: There was no...

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state. ....

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J P Donleavy: To marry the...

J P Donleavy: To marry the...

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

Source: The Ginger Man, 1955
-- J P...

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John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

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Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second...

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Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Life should be embraced like a lover.

Source: In ...As One Mad With Wine, by Elyse...

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Enid Bagnold: When a man...

Enid Bagnold: When a man...

When a man goes through six years' training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too...

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Enid Bagnold: The great and...

Enid Bagnold: The great and...

The great and terrible step was taken. What else could you expect from a girl so expectant? 'Sex,' said Frank Harris,...

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Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

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Thomas Hardy: That man's silence...

Thomas Hardy: That man's silence...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Source: Spinks, in Under the...

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Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once...

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A A Milne: If the English...

A A Milne: If the English...

If the English language had been properly organized . . . then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she',...

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A A Milne: Almost anyone can...

A A Milne: Almost anyone can...

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from that state of...

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