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Aesop: Beware that you...

Aesop: Beware that you...

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

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Aesop: Thinking to get...

Aesop: Thinking to get...

Thinking to get at once all the gold that the goose could give, he killed it, and opened it only to find -...

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Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just have hope or starve to death.

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Annie Dillard: The body of...

Annie Dillard: The body of...

The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some people and inside others. Only after the writer...

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Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

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Jerome K Jerome: It is a...

Jerome K Jerome: It is a...

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the...

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Jerome K Jerome: It is so...

Jerome K Jerome: It is so...

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being...

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Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in...

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E B White: A good farmer...

E B White: A good farmer...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

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E B White: I would feel...

E B White: I would feel...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Life is like...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Life is like...

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: The man who...

Jawaharlal Nehru: The man who...

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Democracy is good....

Jawaharlal Nehru: Democracy is good....

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Ability without honor...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Ability without honor...

Ability without honor is useless.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ronald Reagan: America is too...

Ronald Reagan: America is too...

America is too great for small dreams.

Source: Speech, 1 Jan 1984.
-- Ronald...

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George Bush: I will never...

George Bush: I will never...

I will never apologize for the United States of America -- I don't care what the facts...

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Barbara Bush: You don't just...

Barbara Bush: You don't just...

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is...

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Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

Barbara Bush: I'm not saying...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You always admire...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You always admire...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Source: Meet the Press, 16 Sep...

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James Madison: All men having...

James Madison: All men having...

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

Source: In The...

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