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Francis Bacon: A little philosophy...

Francis Bacon: A little philosophy...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to...

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Francis Bacon: Ill Fortune never...

Francis Bacon: Ill Fortune never...

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Source: In The...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: We must accept...

Martin Luther King, Jr: We must accept...

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Source: In The...

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Francis Bacon: Mysteries are due...

Francis Bacon: Mysteries are due...

Mysteries are due to secrecy.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Saint Augustine: Order your soul;...

Saint Augustine: Order your soul;...

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in...

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Saint Augustine: What does love...

Saint Augustine: What does love...

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has...

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Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

I was disappointed in Niagara --most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and...

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Oscar Wilde: In a very...

Oscar Wilde: In a very...

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.

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Oscar Wilde: Selfishness is not...

Oscar Wilde: Selfishness is not...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness...

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Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is...

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George Bernard Shaw: Old men are...

George Bernard Shaw: Old men are...

Old men are dangerous; it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Source: Man and Superman,...

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George Bernard Shaw: The real Brahms...

George Bernard Shaw: The real Brahms...

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. ... rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up...

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George Bernard Shaw: Suppose the world...

George Bernard Shaw: Suppose the world...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad...

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George Bernard Shaw: When a man...

George Bernard Shaw: When a man...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it...

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Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

Source: In Words of Women...

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William Shakespeare: Nature that made...

William Shakespeare: Nature that made...

Nature that made thee, with herself at strife,
Saith that the world hath ending with thy...

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William Shakespeare: O, had I...

William Shakespeare: O, had I...

O, had I but followed the arts!

Source: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in Twelfth Night, act...

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William Shakespeare: One would think...

William Shakespeare: One would think...

One would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.

Source: Twelfth Night, I....

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William Shakespeare: Celerity is never...

William Shakespeare: Celerity is never...

Celerity is never more admir'd
Than by the negligent.


Source: Antony and...

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