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Confucius: Ignorance is the...

Confucius: Ignorance is the...

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Source: In...

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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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Democritus: Hope of ill...

Democritus: Hope of ill...

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Sissela Bok: Liars share with...

Sissela Bok: Liars share with...

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

Source: Lying,...

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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: A man will...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A man will...

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him...

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Henry Ward Beecher: The head learns...

Henry Ward Beecher: The head learns...

The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences.

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Henry Ward Beecher: Defeat is a...

Henry Ward Beecher: Defeat is a...

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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Elizabeth Gaskell: The cloud never...

Elizabeth Gaskell: The cloud never...

The cloud never comes in the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

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Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old...

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Henri Bergson: Think like a...

Henri Bergson: Think like a...

Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mortimer Adler: Freedom is the...

Mortimer Adler: Freedom is the...

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Source: In The...

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Queen Victoria: The important thing...

Queen Victoria: The important thing...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Source:...

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George III: Lord Chancellor, did...

George III: Lord Chancellor, did...

'Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well ?' 'Very well indeed, sir,' was the enthusiastic answer. 'I am glad of...

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Alexander the Great: If I were...

Alexander the Great: If I were...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Source: Life of Alexander, Bk. XIV by...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life is not...

Life is not always not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Life means work, and hard work, if you mean to succeed.

Source:
-- Jennie...

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Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Source: In My...

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