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Laurens Van der Post: Human beings are...

Laurens Van der Post: Human beings are...

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are...

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Aristotle: Now a whole...

Aristotle: Now a whole...

Now a whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Source: Poetics,...

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Aristotle: To run away...

Aristotle: To run away...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not...

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Aristotle: The flute is...

Aristotle: The flute is...

The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect; it is too exciting.

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David Hare: Some people carry...

David Hare: Some people carry...

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart...

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David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Source: In The...

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Aeschylus: There is no...

Aeschylus: There is no...

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Source: In ...

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Noel Coward: I'm over-educated in...

Noel Coward: I'm over-educated in...

I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.

Source: In Peter's...

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Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Source: The Relation of Dress...

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Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Oscar Wilde: Moderation is a...

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: Morality is simply...

Oscar Wilde: Morality is simply...

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

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Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

The worst men often give the best advice.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Wilfred Owen: Above all I...

Wilfred Owen: Above all I...

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the...

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William Watson: The thirst to...

William Watson: The thirst to...

The thirst to know and understand,
A large and liberal discontent.


Source:...

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Emma Lazarus: Still on Israel's...

Emma Lazarus: Still on Israel's...

Still on Israel's head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.


Source: The...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Greatness collapses of...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Greatness collapses of...

Greatness collapses of itself, such is the limit the gods have set to the growth of prosperous...

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Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Source: Of Death and the Fear of Dying.
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Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Though with judgment we on things reflect,
Our will determines, not our intellect.


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