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Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with...

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William Blackstone: The public good...

William Blackstone: The public good...

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individual's private...

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Orison Swett Marden: Don't wait for...

Orison Swett Marden: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for...

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Orison Swett Marden: Nothing else so...

Orison Swett Marden: Nothing else so...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be...

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Clarence Darrow: History repeats itself,...

Clarence Darrow: History repeats itself,...

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

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Albert Pike: Faith begins where...

Albert Pike: Faith begins where...

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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J B S Haldane: I am quite...

J B S Haldane: I am quite...

I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural...

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Richard Bach: The more I...

Richard Bach: The more I...

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Source: Illusions:...

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Richard Bach: Argue your limitations...

Richard Bach: Argue your limitations...

Argue your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

Source:
-- Richard...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

But what was a body? Dust, dung, urine, itches. It was the light within which was important, and it was not...

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Charles Dickens: What a world...

Charles Dickens: What a world...

What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!

Source: (Miss Mowcher)...

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Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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George V: My father was...

George V: My father was...

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father, and I'm damned well going to make sure that my...

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Manly Hall: Moderation is the...

Manly Hall: Moderation is the...

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Plutarch: A sage thing...

Plutarch: A sage thing...

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.

Source: 'The Education...

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