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Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

Sarah Orne Jewett: Tain't worthwhile to...

'Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.

Source: The Country of...

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

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

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Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of...

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Emile Zola: Art is a...

Emile Zola: Art is a...

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the...

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Claudius: To do nothing...

Claudius: To do nothing...

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Catherine the Great: You philosophers are...

Catherine the Great: You philosophers are...

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: Clouds and darkness...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Clouds and darkness...

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth...

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Dean Rusk: One of the...

Dean Rusk: One of the...

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears -- by listening to them.

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Ella T Grasso: I am having...

Ella T Grasso: I am having...

I am having trouble managing the mansion. What I need is a wife.

Source: In Quotes...

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Edgar Quinet: Science is Christian,...

Edgar Quinet: Science is Christian,...

Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it...

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Bill Clinton: You can put...

Bill Clinton: You can put...

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

Source: Describing a...

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Abba Eban: A statesman who...

Abba Eban: A statesman who...

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Source: Aug 1941, Myself, 1967.
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M F K Fisher: When I write...

M F K Fisher: When I write...

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it . . . and...

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Timothy Leary: Science is all...

Timothy Leary: Science is all...

Science is all metaphor.

Source: Interview, 24 Sep 1980; published in Contemporary...

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Lillian Carter: I love all...

Lillian Carter: I love all...

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

Source: In Woman, 9 Apr...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I asked [my...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I asked [my...

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and...

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Edward De Bono: Humour is by...

Edward De Bono: Humour is by...

Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

Source: In Daily...

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Thomas Browne: Men live by...

Thomas Browne: Men live by...

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Source:...

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