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Henry David Thoreau: Almost any man...

Henry David Thoreau: Almost any man...

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.

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Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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G K Chesterton: The honest poor...

G K Chesterton: The honest poor...

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

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Robertson Davies: A truly great...

Robertson Davies: A truly great...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be...

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Robertson Davies: Comparatively few people...

Robertson Davies: Comparatively few people...

Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or...

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Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

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Stanley Baldwin: Power without responsibility...

Stanley Baldwin: Power without responsibility...

Power without responsibility -- the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Physicians, when the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Physicians, when the...

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The harvest of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The harvest of...

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The good of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The good of...

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Source: De Legibus, bk. 3, ch. 3, sct....

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Thomas Carlyle: Worship is transcendent...

Thomas Carlyle: Worship is transcendent...

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Source: On Heroes and Hero-Worship, lecture 1, The...

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Henry David Thoreau: As to conforming...

Henry David Thoreau: As to conforming...

As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that...

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Henry David Thoreau: Should not every...

Henry David Thoreau: Should not every...

Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

Henry David Thoreau: I have no...

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating...

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Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

Henry David Thoreau: A farmer, a...

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is...

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Henry David Thoreau: We are eager...

Henry David Thoreau: We are eager...

We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the...

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Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

Henry David Thoreau: To a philosopher...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their...

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Henry David Thoreau: Dreams are the...

Henry David Thoreau: Dreams are the...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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