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George Herbert: The worst speak...

George Herbert: The worst speak...

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth...

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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Source: A...

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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life
It is the response to error that counts.


Source: Of...

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Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

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Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Thomas Middleton: Have you summoned...

Thomas Middleton: Have you summoned...

Have you summoned your wits from woolgathering?

Source: The Family of Love, act 5,...

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Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Menander: The person who...

Menander: The person who...

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Source: In The...

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Philip Massinger: Patience, the beggar's...

Philip Massinger: Patience, the beggar's...

Patience, the beggar's virtue,
Shall find no harbour here.


Source: Sir Giles...

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Jean Racine: It is no...

Jean Racine: It is no...

It is no longer a heat concealed in my blood, it is Venus herself grasping her prey. (Ce n'est plus une ardeur dans...

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August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find...

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Alan Bennett: Definition of a...

Alan Bennett: Definition of a...

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they...

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Alan Bennett: Those who have...

Alan Bennett: Those who have...

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they...

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Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has...

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John Ciardi: It is easy...

John Ciardi: It is easy...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy...

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Sam Walton: Capital isn't scarce;...

Sam Walton: Capital isn't scarce;...

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Warren Buffett: Risk comes from...

Warren Buffett: Risk comes from...

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Philip Crosby: Very few of...

Philip Crosby: Very few of...

Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes...

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John Wanamaker: Courtesy is the...

John Wanamaker: Courtesy is the...

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

Source:...

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