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Jean Racine: A single word...

Jean Racine: A single word...

A single word often betrays a great design.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Every production must resemble its author.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

It's sad to think that we've gotten to this that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But...

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John Vanbrugh: As if a...

John Vanbrugh: As if a...

As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.

Source: The...

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Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

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Brendan Behan: I have never...

Brendan Behan: I have never...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

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Samuel Foote: When house and...

Samuel Foote: When house and...

When house and land are gone and spent,
Then learning is most excellent.


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George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Source: In The...

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Stanislaw Lec: The window to...

Stanislaw Lec: The window to...

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

Source: In Webster's...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

Source: 'The...

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Jeremy Bernstein: Never speak more...

Jeremy Bernstein: Never speak more...

Never speak more clearly than you think.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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G C Lichtenberg: He swallowed a...

G C Lichtenberg: He swallowed a...

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

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G C Lichtenberg: With most people...

G C Lichtenberg: With most people...

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.

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Alfred Korzybski: The affairs of...

Alfred Korzybski: The affairs of...

The affairs of man are conducted by our own, man-made rules and according to man-made theories. Man's achievements...

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Martin H Fischer: None of the...

Martin H Fischer: None of the...

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

Source:...

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Alfred Korzybski: The only usefulness...

Alfred Korzybski: The only usefulness...

The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure between the empirical world and the...

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Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

I would place al1 the Indians of Nevada on ships in our harbor, take them to New York and land them there as...

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Benjamin Franklin: He that hath...

Benjamin Franklin: He that hath...

He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and...

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Marc Chagall: I work in...

Marc Chagall: I work in...

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

Source: Recalled on his death, 28...

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Francis Picabia: Nature is unfair?...

Francis Picabia: Nature is unfair?...

Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead...

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