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Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined,
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind:
Or, ravished with the...

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Alexander Pope: They dream in...

Alexander Pope: They dream in...

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

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Alexander Pope: Who sees with...

Alexander Pope: Who sees with...

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Half the promises...

Edgar Watson Howe: Half the promises...

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

Source: In Webster's...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most...

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Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Jane Austen: Everything nourishes what...

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Anatole France: It is by...

Anatole France: It is by...

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Aesop: It is easy...

Aesop: It is easy...

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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Annie Dillard: I noticed this...

Annie Dillard: I noticed this...

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be...

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Jerome K Jerome: Angels may be...

Jerome K Jerome: Angels may be...

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably...

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Jerome K Jerome: If you are...

Jerome K Jerome: If you are...

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.

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Jerome K Jerome: The shy man...

Jerome K Jerome: The shy man...

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain...

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Alvin Toffler: Our technological powers...

Alvin Toffler: Our technological powers...

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also...

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Honore de Balzac: A mother who...

Honore de Balzac: A mother who...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Honore de Balzac: We exaggerate misfortune...

Honore de Balzac: We exaggerate misfortune...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we...

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Thomas Carlyle: The fearful unbelief...

Thomas Carlyle: The fearful unbelief...

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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