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Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Books for general...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Books for general...

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs about them.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A life in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A life in...

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every fact is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every fact is...

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Always do what...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Always do what...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Source: Wriston's 'Risk and Other Four-Letter...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Be an opener...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Be an opener...

Be an opener of doors.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Henry Ward Beecher: A proud man...

Henry Ward Beecher: A proud man...

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

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Henry Ward Beecher: I have known...

Henry Ward Beecher: I have known...

I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance...

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Henry Ward Beecher: In this world...

Henry Ward Beecher: In this world...

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

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Henry Ward Beecher: The real man...

Henry Ward Beecher: The real man...

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Prayer is not...

Mahatma Gandhi: Prayer is not...

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. . . . It is better in...

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Mahatma Gandhi: An eye for...

Mahatma Gandhi: An eye for...

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mahatma Gandhi: I think it...

Mahatma Gandhi: I think it...

I think it would be a good idea.

Source: On being asked for his view on Western...

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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Mark Twain: Between us, we...

Mark Twain: Between us, we...

Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.

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Mark Twain: Any so-called material...

Mark Twain: Any so-called material...

Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content...

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Mark Twain: From his cradle...

Mark Twain: From his cradle...

From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one -- to...

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Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.

Source: (Mr Woodhouse) Emma, Ch....

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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Jane Austen: It is very...

Jane Austen: It is very...

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

Source: 'Emma' [Cf....

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