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Edmund Burke: Good order is...

Edmund Burke: Good order is...

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Source: Reflections on the Revolution...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A room without...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A room without...

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: He only employs...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: He only employs...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Source: In Correct...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Memory is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Memory is the...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Source: De Oritare.
-- Marcus...

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Henry David Thoreau: I have found...

Henry David Thoreau: I have found...

I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued, that they compelled me to eat and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Books must be...

Henry David Thoreau: Books must be...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Source: In...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: There are many...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: There are many...

There are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough,...

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Winston Churchill: Without tradition, art...

Winston Churchill: Without tradition, art...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a...

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Winston Churchill: Nothing in life...

Winston Churchill: Nothing in life...

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Source: 'The...

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Winston Churchill: Anyone can rat,...

Winston Churchill: Anyone can rat,...

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.

Source: In...

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Winston Churchill: Let our advance...

Winston Churchill: Let our advance...

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: Speech is human,...

Thomas Carlyle: Speech is human,...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both...

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Henry David Thoreau: Our moments of...

Henry David Thoreau: Our moments of...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have...

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Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my...

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Henry David Thoreau: You must not...

Henry David Thoreau: You must not...

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

Source: Letter, 2 Mar 1842, to...

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Henry David Thoreau: Whether the flower...

Henry David Thoreau: Whether the flower...

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it!...

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G K Chesterton: The dignity of...

G K Chesterton: The dignity of...

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he...

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G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...

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G K Chesterton: Science in the...

G K Chesterton: Science in the...

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the...

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Annie Dillard: How we spend...

Annie Dillard: How we spend...

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Source: The Writing...

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