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Luc De Clapiers: The fruit derived...

Luc De Clapiers: The fruit derived...

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

Source: In Instant...

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Israel Zangwill: Dead men hear...

Israel Zangwill: Dead men hear...

Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame is an Irish bull.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Stephen Crane: He wishes that...

Stephen Crane: He wishes that...

He wishes that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.

Source: The Red Badge...

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Stephen Crane: Every sin is...

Stephen Crane: Every sin is...

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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C P Snow: Civilization is hideously...

C P Snow: Civilization is hideously...

Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Life is made...

Nathaniel Hawthorne: Life is made...

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Source: The House of the Seven Gables, Ch....

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Hosea Ballou: Pretension almost always...

Hosea Ballou: Pretension almost always...

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

Source:...

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Henry Highland Garnet: The humblest peasant...

Henry Highland Garnet: The humblest peasant...

The humblest peasant is as free in the sight of God as the proudest monarch that ever swayed a sceptre. Liberty is a...

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Henry Ward Beecher: Every artist dips...

Henry Ward Beecher: Every artist dips...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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Arthur Schopenhauer: Buying books would...

Arthur Schopenhauer: Buying books would...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books...

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Theodor W Adorno: Culture is only...

Theodor W Adorno: Culture is only...

Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it...

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Giambattista Vico: The nature of...

Giambattista Vico: The nature of...

The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally...

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Otto Weininger: Talent is hereditary;...

Otto Weininger: Talent is hereditary;...

Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (e.g., the Bach family); genius is not...

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Karl Popper: Science must begin...

Karl Popper: Science must begin...

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

Source: British...

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Socrates: Pay attention to...

Socrates: Pay attention to...

Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Source: quoted...

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Alan W Watts: Some believe all...

Alan W Watts: Some believe all...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them...

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Giordano Bruno: It may be...

Giordano Bruno: It may be...

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

Source:...

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Maimonides: Anticipate charity by...

Maimonides: Anticipate charity by...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Source: F
-- Maimonides, (Mar 30...

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Bertrand Russell: Real life is,...

Bertrand Russell: Real life is,...

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the...

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Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Nothing is proved, all is permitted.

Source: The Titan, 1914.
-- Theodore...

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