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John Buchan: Every man at...

John Buchan: Every man at...

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

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John Buchan: What would you...

John Buchan: What would you...

'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, given...

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William Penn: Hasty resolutions are...

William Penn: Hasty resolutions are...

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

Source: In...

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Abba Eban: It is our...

Abba Eban: It is our...

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they...

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Coleman Young: There is no...

Coleman Young: There is no...

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into...

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Patrick Buchanan: The food that...

Patrick Buchanan: The food that...

The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body.

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Neil Kinnock: The Parthenon without...

Neil Kinnock: The Parthenon without...

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.

Source:...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Human beings yield...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Human beings yield...

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's...

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Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Source: On the Contrary, pt. 1,...

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Peter De Vries: Words fashioned with...

Peter De Vries: Words fashioned with...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

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Salman Rushdie: I hate admitting...

Salman Rushdie: I hate admitting...

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

Source: Hamza, in The Satanic...

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Joseph Heller: He had decided...

Joseph Heller: He had decided...

He had decided to live for ever or die in the attempt.

Source: Catch-22, ch. 3...

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Joseph Heller: He was a...

Joseph Heller: He was a...

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Source: Catch-22,...

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Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Artemus Ward: Why is this...

Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?

Source: Artemus Ward's...

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Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

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Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than one's...

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John LeCarre: The monsters of...

John LeCarre: The monsters of...

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...

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Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Anne Sullivan: Obedience is the...

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the...

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Warren Bennis: The factory of...

Warren Bennis: The factory of...

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The...

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