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Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

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Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Nicolas Boileau: Whatever we well...

Nicolas Boileau: Whatever we well...

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Source:...

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Sylvester Stallone: When I was...

Sylvester Stallone: When I was...

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: What is genius...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: What is genius...

What is genius -- but the power of expressing a new individuality?

Source: Letter,...

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Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in...

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Terence Rattigan: When you're between...

Terence Rattigan: When you're between...

When you're between any sort of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very...

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Novalis: A character is...

Novalis: A character is...

A character is a completely fashioned will.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is...

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G C Lichtenberg: One cannot demand...

G C Lichtenberg: One cannot demand...

One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his...

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Blaise Pascal: Most of the...

Blaise Pascal: Most of the...

Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.

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Rene Descartes: Traveling is almost...

Rene Descartes: Traveling is almost...

Traveling is almost like talking with men of other centuries.

Source: Discourse on...

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Stanislaw Lec: David should have...

Stanislaw Lec: David should have...

David should have killed Goliath with a harp.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and Quotes by...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Man is the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Man is the...

Man is the cruelest animal.

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-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct 15 1844-1900),...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be...

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Thomas Hobbes: No man's error...

Thomas Hobbes: No man's error...

No man's error becomes his own law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

Source: In...

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A Bartlett Giamatti: There are many...

A Bartlett Giamatti: There are many...

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not...

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A Bartlett Giamatti: It is not...

A Bartlett Giamatti: It is not...

It is not enough to offer a smorgasbord of courses. We must insure that students are not just eating at one end of the...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

The difference between mad people and sane people . . . is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad...

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