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Aesop: Be content with...

Aesop: Be content with...

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Source: From Ashleys...

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Pearl Buck: You cannot make...

Pearl Buck: You cannot make...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your...

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Pearl Buck: Be born anywhere,...

Pearl Buck: Be born anywhere,...

Be born anywhere, little embryo novelist, but do not be born under the shadow of a great creed, not under the burden...

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Pearl Buck: The secret of...

Pearl Buck: The secret of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The longest day...

The longest day must have its close -- the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of...

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Alvin Toffler: The great growling...

Alvin Toffler: The great growling...

The great growling engine of change -- technology.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Alvin Toffler: Change is not...

Alvin Toffler: Change is not...

Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.

Source: Future Shock,...

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Honore de Balzac: You may imitate,...

Honore de Balzac: You may imitate,...

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Honore de Balzac: When women love...

Honore de Balzac: When women love...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for...

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Douglas Coupland: New York is...

Douglas Coupland: New York is...

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.

Source: In Collection of...

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Douglas Coupland: Cloning is great....

Douglas Coupland: Cloning is great....

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

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E B White: There is a...

E B White: There is a...

There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream,...

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Frederick Douglass: A little learning,...

Frederick Douglass: A little learning,...

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any...

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Frederick Douglass: I prefer to...

Frederick Douglass: I prefer to...

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The obstinacy of...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The obstinacy of...

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

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Mark Twain: What is the...

Mark Twain: What is the...

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is of...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is of...

It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Crime is common....

Arthur Conan Doyle: Crime is common....

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime you should...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: All other men...

Arthur Conan Doyle: All other men...

All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.

Source: Sherlock...

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