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James Matthew Barrie: Nothing is really...

James Matthew Barrie: Nothing is really...

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Source: In...

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James Matthew Barrie: The life of...

James Matthew Barrie: The life of...

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is...

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Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? -- a hoax fabricated by poets for their...

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Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

Source: In NY Times, 2...

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J B Priestley: Our great-grandchildren, when...

J B Priestley: Our great-grandchildren, when...

Our great-grandchildren, when they learn how we began this war by snatching glory out of defeat . . . may also learn...

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Abraham Lincoln: I claim not...

Abraham Lincoln: I claim not...

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

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Jawaharlal Nehru: The forces of...

Jawaharlal Nehru: The forces of...

The forces of a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor...

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G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

G C Lichtenberg: Affectation is a...

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe...

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G C Lichtenberg: Books are a...

G C Lichtenberg: Books are a...

Books are a mirror: if an ass peers into them, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

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G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

G C Lichtenberg: Delight at having...

Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it...

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G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

G C Lichtenberg: I cannot say...

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get...

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G C Lichtenberg: Love is blind,...

G C Lichtenberg: Love is blind,...

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G C Lichtenberg: So-called professional mathematicians...

G C Lichtenberg: So-called professional mathematicians...

So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind,...

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G C Lichtenberg: One might call...

G C Lichtenberg: One might call...

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with...

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G C Lichtenberg: The most successful...

G C Lichtenberg: The most successful...

The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

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Benjamin Franklin: There is nothing...

Benjamin Franklin: There is nothing...

There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Benjamin Franklin: Even peace may...

Benjamin Franklin: Even peace may...

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Source: Attributed
-- Benjamin...

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Benjamin Franklin: Glass, china, and...

Benjamin Franklin: Glass, china, and...

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.

Source: In...

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Benjamin Franklin: In this world...

Benjamin Franklin: In this world...

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

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Benjamin Franklin: God will certainly...

Benjamin Franklin: God will certainly...

God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.

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