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Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

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Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: Religion is the...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: Religion is the...

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

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Joseph Roux: Say nothing good...

Joseph Roux: Say nothing good...

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: We find nothing...

Friedrich Nietzsche: We find nothing...

We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

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Emile M Cioran: My mission is...

Emile M Cioran: My mission is...

My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among...

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Sydney Smith: Oh, don't tell...

Sydney Smith: Oh, don't tell...

Oh, don't tell me of facts -- I never believe facts: you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

Mary McLeod Bethune: There is a...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth farthest down who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

What one man can invent another can discover.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in 'The...

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Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going...

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Francoise Sagan: One can never...

Francoise Sagan: One can never...

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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Mark Twain: Life does not...

Mark Twain: Life does not...

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes...

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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...

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