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Henri Bergson: Spirit borrows from...

Henri Bergson: Spirit borrows from...

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements...

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Thomas Carlyle: A man perfects...

Thomas Carlyle: A man perfects...

A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities;...

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Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Source:...

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Henry David Thoreau: Why level downward...

Henry David Thoreau: Why level downward...

Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense...

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Henry David Thoreau: Our manners have...

Henry David Thoreau: Our manners have...

Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints.

Source: Walden,...

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Conscience is a...

Conscience is a...

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Source: In Webster's...

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No man is...

No man is...

No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse gin than he used to drink when he was...

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All argument is...

All argument is...

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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DULL. 8....

DULL. 8....

DULL. 8. To make dictionaries is dull work.

Source:
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18...

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Its proper use...

Its proper use...

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use...

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Society lives by...

Society lives by...

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Source: In

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Victims suggest innocence....

Victims suggest innocence....

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests...

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A child cannot...

A child cannot...

A child cannot be taught by someone who despises him.

Source: In Famous Black...

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Try to be...

Try to be...

Try to be the best of what you are, even if what you are is no good.

Source: In

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Men of genius...

Men of genius...

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they...

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The dupe of...

The dupe of...

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and...

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Aristotle: Education is the...

Aristotle: Education is the...

Education is the best provision for old age.

Source: In Lives of Eminent...

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ADOLESCENCE The stage...

ADOLESCENCE The stage...

ADOLESCENCE The stage between puberty and adultery.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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Don't try to...

Don't try to...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.

Source:...

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Muhammad Ali: You know I...

Muhammad Ali: You know I...

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

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