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Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is a...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is a...

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: When you have...

Arthur Conan Doyle: When you have...

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is stupidity...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is stupidity...

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Source:...

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Anais Nin: We do not...

Anais Nin: We do not...

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow...

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Anais Nin: The shell is...

Anais Nin: The shell is...

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it...

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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's...

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Jerome K Jerome: Time is but...

Jerome K Jerome: Time is but...

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

Source: In The...

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Carolyn Wells: The books we...

Carolyn Wells: The books we...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to...

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Robert Fulghum: All I really...

Robert Fulghum: All I really...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the...

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Homer: Many shining actions...

Homer: Many shining actions...

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the...

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Anatole France: It is by...

Anatole France: It is by...

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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