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G K Chesterton: It is the...

G K Chesterton: It is the...

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: A teacher who...

G K Chesterton: A teacher who...

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

Source: In...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: My name is...

Arthur Conan Doyle: My name is...

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Nothing is so...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: Conclusive facts are...

Thomas Carlyle: Conclusive facts are...

Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and...

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Thomas Carlyle: For, if a...

Thomas Carlyle: For, if a...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that. . . is...

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Thomas Carlyle: Man is a...

Thomas Carlyle: Man is a...

Man is a tool-using animal . . . Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

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Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Thomas Carlyle: Not what I...

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry David Thoreau: He is the...

Henry David Thoreau: He is the...

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest...

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Henry David Thoreau: I am sorry...

Henry David Thoreau: I am sorry...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is...

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Henry David Thoreau: We are paid...

Henry David Thoreau: We are paid...

We are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspected.

Source: A Week on the...

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Henry David Thoreau: Any fool can...

Henry David Thoreau: Any fool can...

Any fool can make a rule
And every fool will mind it.


Source: Journals, 1906,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Henry David Thoreau: Writing may be...

Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.

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Henry David Thoreau: I do not...

Henry David Thoreau: I do not...

I do not know but thoughts written down thus in a journal might be printed in the same form with greater advantage...

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Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate...

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Henry David Thoreau: How could youths...

Henry David Thoreau: How could youths...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?

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Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

The sun is but a morning star.

Source: Walden, Conclusion, 1854.
-- Henry David...

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Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is difficult...

Henry David Thoreau: It is difficult...

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men...

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Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Source: Walden,...

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