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Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead...

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Robert Walpole: I took the...

Robert Walpole: I took the...

I took the right sow by the ear.

Source: Commenting on his perception that, to...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Style is the...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Style is the...

Style is the dress of thoughts . . .; if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Aim at perfection...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Aim at perfection...

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere,...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Firmness of purpose...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Firmness of purpose...

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success....

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Alexander Hamilton: Man is a...

Alexander Hamilton: Man is a...

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: The shortest and...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: The shortest and...

The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the...

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Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Nancy Astor: Pioneers may be...

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

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Henri Bergson: Art has no...

Henri Bergson: Art has no...

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally...

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Mencius: Truth uttered before...

Mencius: Truth uttered before...

Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Doug Horton: Search for meaning,...

Doug Horton: Search for meaning,...

Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search...

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Doug Horton: If wishes were...

Doug Horton: If wishes were...

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.

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David Livingstone: I will place...

David Livingstone: I will place...

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of...

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Thomas ? Kempis: The reflections on...

Thomas ? Kempis: The reflections on...

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Would to God...

Thomas ? Kempis: Would to God...

Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!

Source: The Imitation of...

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Israel Zangwill: A man likes...

Israel Zangwill: A man likes...

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire...

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Israel Zangwill: In how many...

Israel Zangwill: In how many...

In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion...

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Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

Suzanne K Langer: If a work...

If a work of art is a projection of feeling, [its] kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many...

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Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Suzanne K Langer: Art is the...

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Source: Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling,...

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Lao-Tzu: To know yet...

Lao-Tzu: To know yet...

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to...

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