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Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

Henry David Thoreau: If the fairest...

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men...

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Henry David Thoreau: Music is perpetual,...

Henry David Thoreau: Music is perpetual,...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: A person usually...

Thomas Carlyle: A person usually...

A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.

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Thomas Carlyle: Every noble crown...

Thomas Carlyle: Every noble crown...

Every noble crown is, and on earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.

Source: Past...

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Thomas Carlyle: It is the...

Thomas Carlyle: It is the...

It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Reason should direct...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Reason should direct...

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Vaclav Havel: The role of...

Vaclav Havel: The role of...

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to...

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G K Chesterton: You can only...

G K Chesterton: You can only...

You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

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G K Chesterton: The man who...

G K Chesterton: The man who...

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

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G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

G K Chesterton: The lunatic is...

The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of...

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Albert Schweitzer: Man must cease...

Albert Schweitzer: Man must cease...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will -- his personal...

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Jean Toomer: The realization of...

Jean Toomer: The realization of...

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Don't think so...

Thomas ? Kempis: Don't think so...

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you...

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Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

She wanted to be the reason for everything and so she was the cause of nothing.

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Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

I've a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind . . . you behave yourself...

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Charles Dickens: All of us...

Charles Dickens: All of us...

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

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Jane Austen: It may be...

Jane Austen: It may be...

It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many...

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DISSEMBLE, v.i. To...

DISSEMBLE, v.i. To...

DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.

Source: The Devil's...

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EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The...

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is...

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EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,
Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:
From which...

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