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Henry Ward Beecher: The strength of...

Henry Ward Beecher: The strength of...

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

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Sir Walter Scott: To be always...

Sir Walter Scott: To be always...

To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off...

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James Joyce: A man of...

James Joyce: A man of...

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of...

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Georges Bernanos: Truth is meant...

Georges Bernanos: Truth is meant...

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

Source: The...

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J R R Tolkien: I am told...

J R R Tolkien: I am told...

I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

Source: Acknowledging...

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C P Snow: Technology . ....

C P Snow: Technology . ....

Technology . . . is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the...

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Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.

Source: The Song of...

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Richard Wright: The artist must...

Richard Wright: The artist must...

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

Source: 12 Million Black...

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Stephen King: Nobody was really...

Stephen King: Nobody was really...

Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things...

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Antisthenes: It is better...

Antisthenes: It is better...

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the...

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Friedrich Engels: An ounce of...

Friedrich Engels: An ounce of...

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Source: In Reg Groves, The Strange...

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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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Gaston Bachelard: A word is...

Gaston Bachelard: A word is...

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The...

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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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Socrates: The beginning of...

Socrates: The beginning of...

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Socrates: But already it...

Socrates: But already it...

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is...

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Fanny Crosby: I have not...

Fanny Crosby: I have not...

I have not for a moment in more than eighty-five years felt a spark of resentment against him, because I have always...

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Doug Horton: Born a saint,...

Doug Horton: Born a saint,...

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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William R Alger: A crowd always...

William R Alger: A crowd always...

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

Source: In Correct...

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David Livingstone: I will go...

David Livingstone: I will go...

I will go anywhere, as long as it be forward.

Source: In Great Business Quotations,...

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