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Agatha Christie: I don't think...

Agatha Christie: I don't think...

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also...

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Charles Evans Hughes: The first lesson...

Charles Evans Hughes: The first lesson...

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

Source: In...

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Jacques Barzun: Only a great...

Jacques Barzun: Only a great...

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Orwell: Advertising is the...

George Orwell: Advertising is the...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Source: In Quotable...

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Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Honest men live on charity in their age; the alm houses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are...

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Mother Teresa: To keep a...

Mother Teresa: To keep a...

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

Source: In Saints Among...

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Epictetus: It is the...

Epictetus: It is the...

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking, and other...

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Plato: When the mind...

Plato: When the mind...

When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Friedrich Nietzsche: Actual philosophers. ....

Actual philosophers. . . are commanders and law-givers: they say thus it shall be!, it is they who determine the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The true man...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The true man...

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Mary McLeod Bethune: Knowledge is the...

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Source: My Last Will and Testament, in...

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Charles Dickens: As she frequently...

Charles Dickens: As she frequently...

As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years...

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James Thurber: Art -- the...

James Thurber: Art -- the...

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well...

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Mark Twain: Why was the...

Mark Twain: Why was the...

Why was the human race created? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit...

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William A Ward: Curiosity is the...

William A Ward: Curiosity is the...

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Source: In The San Diego...

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Arthur Schomburg: The modern school...

Arthur Schomburg: The modern school...

The modern school without systematic lectures turns out many graduates who lack retention. No sooner has the sound of...

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Claude Levi-Strauss: The world began...

Claude Levi-Strauss: The world began...

The world began without man, and it will end without him.

Source: Tristes...

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Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries...

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Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more...

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Benito Mussolini: The keystone of...

Benito Mussolini: The keystone of...

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For...

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