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Amos Bronson Alcott: Our friends interpret...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Our friends interpret...

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

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George S Patton: One does not...

George S Patton: One does not...

One does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit the plans. One tries to make plans fit the...

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Ferdinand Foch: A lost battle...

Ferdinand Foch: A lost battle...

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

If it's a good idea . . . go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get...

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Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

Mary Ritter Beard: While it is...

While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems...

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Charles Montesquieu: What the orators...

Charles Montesquieu: What the orators...

What the orators lack in depth, they give you in length.

Source: In Quotable...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

Van Wyck Brooks: The instructed man...

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

What cannot be cured must be endured.

Source: Works.
-- Francois Rabelais, ( ...

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Pearl Buck: Ah well, perhaps...

Pearl Buck: Ah well, perhaps...

Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than...

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Ralph Ellison: The end is...

Ralph Ellison: The end is...

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

Source: Invisible Man, 1952
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E L Doctorow: We dress them...

E L Doctorow: We dress them...

We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last...

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Charles A Beard: Whom the gods...

Charles A Beard: Whom the gods...

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power

Source: Four Lessons of...

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Henry Brooks Adams: No man means...

Henry Brooks Adams: No man means...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is...

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Jacob Bronowski: Has there ever...

Jacob Bronowski: Has there ever...

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our...

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Wilkie Collins: I am not...

Wilkie Collins: I am not...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.

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Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

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Benjamin Jowett: Research! A mere...

Benjamin Jowett: Research! A mere...

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest...

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Benjamin Jowett: It is most...

Benjamin Jowett: It is most...

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

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Mark Hopkins: Our prayer and...

Mark Hopkins: Our prayer and...

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other...

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