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Remy de Gourmont: Thinking is hard...

Remy de Gourmont: Thinking is hard...

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

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Remy de Gourmont: Before undergoing a...

Remy de Gourmont: Before undergoing a...

Before undergoing a surgical operation arrange your temporal affairs -- you may live.

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Robert Graves: As for the...

Robert Graves: As for the...

As for the Freudian, it is a very low, Central European sort of humour.

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Georges Bernanos: A thought which...

Georges Bernanos: A thought which...

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is...

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Francis H Bradley: His mind is...

Francis H Bradley: His mind is...

His mind is open; yes, it is so open that nothing is retained; ideas simply pass through...

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Alan W Watts: You find out...

Alan W Watts: You find out...

You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo!' and then laughs at itself for...

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Epicurus: It is impossible...

Epicurus: It is impossible...

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live...

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B. J. Gupta: Keep controlling morality...

B. J. Gupta: Keep controlling morality...

Keep controlling morality of others. Yours will be automatically taken care of.

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Socrates: Whenever, therefore, people...

Socrates: Whenever, therefore, people...

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into...

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Socrates: There is only...

Socrates: There is only...

There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.

Source: In The...

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Judith Rossner: A lie was...

Judith Rossner: A lie was...

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to...

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William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to...

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Mordecai Richler: Everybody writes a...

Mordecai Richler: Everybody writes a...

Everybody writes a book too many.

Source: In The Observer, 'Sayings of the Week', 9...

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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Umberto Eco: The good of...

Umberto Eco: The good of...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn...

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Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus...

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Carlos Fuentes: Perfect order is...

Carlos Fuentes: Perfect order is...

Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.

Source: In The Book of Positive...

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James Agee: Children, taught either...

James Agee: Children, taught either...

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence...

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