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Benjamin Jowett: One man is...

Benjamin Jowett: One man is...

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

Source: In Life and...

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David Hume: Where ambition can...

David Hume: Where ambition can...

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the...

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Jessamyn West: It is easy...

Jessamyn West: It is easy...

It is easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your...

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Doing all we...

Doing all we...

Doing all we can to promote our friend's happiness is better than to continually drink to his...

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David Hare: The poetry from...

David Hare: The poetry from...

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was...

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James Baker: Never let the...

James Baker: Never let the...

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Source: In Daily Telegraph (London), 15...

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Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people...

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David Hare: Some people carry...

David Hare: Some people carry...

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart...

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John Selden: In quoting of...

John Selden: In quoting of...

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not...

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To be sure...

To be sure...

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and, whatever you hit, call it the target.

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Statistics are to...

Statistics are to...

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.

Source: 60...

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Primo Levi: The aims of...

Primo Levi: The aims of...

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Source: The Drowned and the...

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John Ciardi: What has any...

John Ciardi: What has any...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it...

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Maybe I'm lucky...

Maybe I'm lucky...

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be Going in the wrong direction.

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A child learns...

A child learns...

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

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Jean Racine: I loved you...

Jean Racine: I loved you...

I loved you when you were inconstant. What should I have done if you had been faithful? (Je t'aimais inconstant,...

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Education is a...

Education is a...

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not...

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Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

Diane Arbus: There's a quality...

There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a...

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John Selden: They that govern...

John Selden: They that govern...

They that govern the most, make least noise.

Source: Table Talk.
-- John Selden,...

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A weak man...

A weak man...

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

Source:...

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