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Ralph Ellison: If the word...

Ralph Ellison: If the word...

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and...

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Honore de Balzac: The motto of...

Honore de Balzac: The motto of...

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

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Douglas Coupland: Nothing very very...

Douglas Coupland: Nothing very very...

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

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Douglas Coupland: It's difficult to...

Douglas Coupland: It's difficult to...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to...

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E B White: A candidate could...

E B White: A candidate could...

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: My mind rebels...

Arthur Conan Doyle: My mind rebels...

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Sir Walter, with...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: When a doctor...

Arthur Conan Doyle: When a doctor...

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has...

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Mark Twain: An ethical man...

Mark Twain: An ethical man...

An ethical man is a Christian holding four aces.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: Adam was the...

Mark Twain: Adam was the...

Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law.

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Mark Twain: All I say...

Mark Twain: All I say...

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's...

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Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it...

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Mark Twain: Humor is mankind's...

Mark Twain: Humor is mankind's...

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: I never felt...

Mark Twain: I never felt...

I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when...

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Mark Twain: In the real...

Mark Twain: In the real...

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians...

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Madeleine L'Engle: It's a good...

Madeleine L'Engle: It's a good...

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock...

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Otto von Bismarck: When a man...

Otto von Bismarck: When a man...

When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in...

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Henry David Thoreau: Go confidently in...

Henry David Thoreau: Go confidently in...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

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Henry David Thoreau: The light which...

Henry David Thoreau: The light which...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

Henry David Thoreau: It is not...

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

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