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George Bernard Shaw: We are made...

George Bernard Shaw: We are made...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our...

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George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think...

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George Bernard Shaw: Well, sir, you...

George Bernard Shaw: Well, sir, you...

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing,...

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George Bernard Shaw: You will never...

George Bernard Shaw: You will never...

You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

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George Bernard Shaw: All professions are...

George Bernard Shaw: All professions are...

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

Source: The Doctor's Dilemma,...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is a...

George Bernard Shaw: It is a...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is...

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George Bernard Shaw: Gambling promises the...

George Bernard Shaw: Gambling promises the...

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.

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William Shakespeare: There is a...

William Shakespeare: There is a...

There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.

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Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Other people are quite dreadful.
The only possible society is oneself.


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Oscar Wilde: Nothing that is...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing that is...

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic as...

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Oscar Wilde: Whatever, in fact,...

Oscar Wilde: Whatever, in fact,...

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Washington, where an...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Washington, where an...

Washington, where an insignificant individual may trespass on a nation's time.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What lies behind...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What lies behind...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wisdom is like...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wisdom is like...

Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When we quarrel,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When we quarrel,...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless!

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What school, college,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What school, college,...

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The key to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The key to...

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some books leave...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some books leave...

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Source: In Webster's...

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