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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

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Otto von Bismarck: Politics is not...

Otto von Bismarck: Politics is not...

Politics is not an exact science.

Source: Speech, Prussian Chamber, 18 Dec...

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Winston Churchill: This report, by...

Winston Churchill: This report, by...

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

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Winston Churchill: We must have...

Winston Churchill: We must have...

We must have a better word than 'prefabricated'. Why not 'ready-made'?

Source:...

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Henry David Thoreau: The man who...

Henry David Thoreau: The man who...

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we...

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Henry David Thoreau: What right have...

Henry David Thoreau: What right have...

What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?

Source: Letter, 2 Mar...

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Honore de Balzac: To promote laughter...

Honore de Balzac: To promote laughter...

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

Source: In...

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Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the...

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Will Rogers: If you can...

Will Rogers: If you can...

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

Source: In Webster's...

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Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Don't pay any attention to the critics -- don't even ignore them.

Source: In...

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Katharine Hepburn: . . ....

Katharine Hepburn: . . ....

. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'm as pure...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'm as pure...

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

Source: The Observer, 'Sayings of the Week', 24...

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Aeschylus: Who, except the...

Aeschylus: Who, except the...

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: To be good,...

Oscar Wilde: To be good,...

To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Source:...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

Source: In Treasury of Humorous...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Grab the broom...

Zora Neale Hurston: Grab the broom...

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Source: In Words of Women...

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