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Elias Canetti: All the things...

Elias Canetti: All the things...

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Source: Die Provinz der...

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Sallust: The fame that...

Sallust: The fame that...

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious...

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C Northcote Parkinson: It is better...

C Northcote Parkinson: It is better...

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

Source: Guardian (London, 29 June...

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Albert Schweitzer: Example is not...

Albert Schweitzer: Example is not...

Example is not the main thing in life -- it is the only thing.

Source: In My...

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Colin Powell: Perpetual optimism is...

Colin Powell: Perpetual optimism is...

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Source: In Reader's Digest.
-- Colin...

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Colin Powell: Don't let adverse...

Colin Powell: Don't let adverse...

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

Source: Colin Powell's...

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Karl von Clausewitz: Never forget that...

Karl von Clausewitz: Never forget that...

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

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Robert Baden-Powell: Dyb-dyb-dyb....

Robert Baden-Powell: Dyb-dyb-dyb....

Dyb-dyb-dyb.

Source: Wolf-Cub chant meaning 'Do your best.'
-- Robert...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it -- three minutes; to collect the data in it -- all my...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

F Scott Fitzgerald: Vitality shows not...

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

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Henry James, Jr: To take what...

Henry James, Jr: To take what...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived -- to dig deep into the actual...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous.

Source: In The...

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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Jean Toomer: Fear is a...

Jean Toomer: Fear is a...

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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James Bryce: There is a...

James Bryce: There is a...

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men...

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Joseph Marie De Maistre: The most wonderful...

Joseph Marie De Maistre: The most wonderful...

The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine...

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Claudius: No one is...

Claudius: No one is...

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Catherine the Great: I am one...

Catherine the Great: I am one...

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

Source: Letter, 20 Jan...

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