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Osbert Sitwell: My education [takes...

Osbert Sitwell: My education [takes...

My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.

Source: Entry in Who's...

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Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

Honore de Balzac: What is art?...

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own...

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Lydia M Child: The eye of...

Lydia M Child: The eye of...

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

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Ian Fleming: I shall not...

Ian Fleming: I shall not...

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Source:...

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Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with...

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R S Surtees: The only infallible...

R S Surtees: The only infallible...

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is...

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Elias Canetti: Every decision is...

Elias Canetti: Every decision is...

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with...

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Elias Canetti: The planet's survival...

Elias Canetti: The planet's survival...

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts...

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Henry James, Jr: The power to...

Henry James, Jr: The power to...

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the...

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Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

Hannah Arendt: We have almost...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of...

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Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and...

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Joel A Barker: The ultimate function...

Joel A Barker: The ultimate function...

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it.

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Wilhelm von Humboldt: I am more...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: I am more...

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of...

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Wilhelm von Humboldt: If it were...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: If it were...

If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which...

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S I Hayakawa: It is not...

S I Hayakawa: It is not...

It is not true that we only have one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of...

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Roger W Babson: The election of...

Roger W Babson: The election of...

The election of [Herbert] Hoover . . . should result in continued prosperity for 1929.

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Dale Carnegie: You are merely...

Dale Carnegie: You are merely...

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Albert Schweitzer: The tragedy of...

Albert Schweitzer: The tragedy of...

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Source: Recalled on...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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