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Honore de Balzac: Modesty is the...

Honore de Balzac: Modesty is the...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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-- Honore de Balzac, (May 20...

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Honore de Balzac: Friendships last when...

Honore de Balzac: Friendships last when...

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

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Honore de Balzac: Men are so...

Honore de Balzac: Men are so...

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

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Honore de Balzac: Nature makes only...

Honore de Balzac: Nature makes only...

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: We ought never...

Mark Twain: We ought never...

We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov...

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E M Forster: The most successful...

E M Forster: The most successful...

The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: I am not...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: I am not...

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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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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Honore de Balzac: Equality may perhaps...

Honore de Balzac: Equality may perhaps...

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

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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: We should come...

Henry David Thoreau: We should come...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and...

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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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Marcus Tullius Cicero: I add this,...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: I add this,...

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A person who...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A person who...

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do...

You must do the thing that you think you cannot do.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: The policy of...

Jawaharlal Nehru: The policy of...

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

Source: In Instant...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Logic and cold...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Logic and cold...

Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: I think the...

Jawaharlal Nehru: I think the...

I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the...

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