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Robert Frost: Like a piece...

Robert Frost: Like a piece...

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. A poem may be worked over once it is in...

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Robert Frost: I often say...

Robert Frost: I often say...

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away...

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Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing...

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Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

Djuna Barnes: After all, it...

After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's...

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Djuna Barnes: An image is...

Djuna Barnes: An image is...

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

Source: Nightwood,...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: We would not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: We would not...

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that. But perhaps...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Old age, especially...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Old age, especially...

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of...

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Nancy Astor: The first time...

Nancy Astor: The first time...

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

Source: Lady...

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Thomas Carlyle: After all manner...

Thomas Carlyle: After all manner...

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true...

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Thomas Carlyle: Clever men are...

Thomas Carlyle: Clever men are...

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Carlyle: Fancy that thou...

Thomas Carlyle: Fancy that thou...

Fancy that thou deservest to be hanged. . . thou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot: fancy that thou deservest to...

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Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

Thomas Carlyle: History is the...

History is the distillation of rumor.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas Carlyle: Foolish men imagine...

Thomas Carlyle: Foolish men imagine...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here...

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Thomas Carlyle: Genius . ....

Thomas Carlyle: Genius . ....

Genius . . . means transcendent capacity of taking trouble.

Source: 'Life of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Thomas Carlyle: Make yourself an...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the...

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Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Heroism is the...

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

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Thomas Carlyle: If time is...

Thomas Carlyle: If time is...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to be read at...

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Thomas Carlyle: It were a...

Thomas Carlyle: It were a...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or...

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Thomas Carlyle: One must verify...

Thomas Carlyle: One must verify...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

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