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Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Genius is only...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Genius is only...

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Source: In Oxford Dictionary of...

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Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

What a pity the only way to heaven is in a hearse.

Source:
-- Stanislaw Lec,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities,...

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Aldous Huxley: There is no...

Aldous Huxley: There is no...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.

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Malcolm Bradbury: The English are...

Malcolm Bradbury: The English are...

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: Differences challenge assumptions....

Anne Wilson Schaef: Differences challenge assumptions....

Differences challenge assumptions.

Source: Women's Reality, 1981.
-- Anne Wilson...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: When a man...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: When a man...

When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he...

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Emile Durkheim: The wise man,...

Emile Durkheim: The wise man,...

The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Men are even...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Men are even...

Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional...

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Horatio Nelson: I have always...

Horatio Nelson: I have always...

I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.

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Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great...

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Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Native always means people who belong somewhere else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: The art of...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: The art of...

The art of healing comes from nature not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Poison is in...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Poison is in...

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a...

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Claude Bernard: It is what...

Claude Bernard: It is what...

It is what we think we know already that prevents us from learning.

Source: In The...

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Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

Beatrice Hinkle: The creator does...

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other...

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George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Source:...

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Aldous Huxley: It is far...

Aldous Huxley: It is far...

It is far easier to write ten passable effective sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than...

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If I don't...

If I don't...

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Source: In

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