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Don Delillo: To be a...

Don Delillo: To be a...

To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. ...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Annie Dillard: Crystals grew inside...

Annie Dillard: Crystals grew inside...

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and...

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Jessamyn West: If I were...

Jessamyn West: If I were...

If I were to join a circle of any kind, it would be one that required its members to try something new at least once a...

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Alvin Toffler: Technology feeds on...

Alvin Toffler: Technology feeds on...

Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.

Source: In...

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Honore de Balzac: It is easier...

Honore de Balzac: It is easier...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband, for the same reason that it is more difficult to show a ready wit all day...

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Honore de Balzac: One exits with...

Honore de Balzac: One exits with...

One exits with one's husband -- one lives with one's lover.

Source: In Webster's...

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Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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Marcus Fabius Quintilian: We excuse our...

Marcus Fabius Quintilian: We excuse our...

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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A E Housman: The goal stands...

A E Housman: The goal stands...

The goal stands up, the keeper
Stands up to keep the goal.


Source: A Shropshire...

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A E Housman: Good religious poetry...

A E Housman: Good religious poetry...

Good religious poetry . . . is likely to be most justly appreciated and most discriminately relished by the...

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Felix Frankfurter: The mark of...

Felix Frankfurter: The mark of...

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring...

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Dale Carnegie: For better or...

Dale Carnegie: For better or...

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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William J Brennan, Jr: It is difficult...

William J Brennan, Jr: It is difficult...

It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of...

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John Selden: Idolatry is in...

John Selden: Idolatry is in...

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Source: In Poor...

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Clarence Darrow: If you lose...

Clarence Darrow: If you lose...

If you lose your power to laugh, you lose your power to think.

Source: In The...

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Claude Brown: The language of...

Claude Brown: The language of...

The language of soul. . . possesses a pronounced lyrical quality which is frequently incompatible to any music other...

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