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Jean Toomer: The realization of...

Jean Toomer: The realization of...

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Maria Edgeworth: All work and...

Maria Edgeworth: All work and...

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.


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Robertson Davies: What we call...

Robertson Davies: What we call...

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

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Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the...

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Alvin Toffler: Change is not...

Alvin Toffler: Change is not...

Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.

Source: Future Shock,...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Detection is, or...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Detection is, or...

Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold unemotional manner. You have...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: You will, I...

Arthur Conan Doyle: You will, I...

You will, I am sure, agree with me that. . . if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Depend upon it,...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Depend upon it,...

Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.

Source: A Case of...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is quite...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is quite...

It is quite a three-pipe problem.

Source: The Red-Headed League.
-- Arthur Conan...

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Will Durant: Our knowledge is...

Will Durant: Our knowledge is...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Source: In...

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Will Durant: Nothing is new...

Will Durant: Nothing is new...

Nothing is new except arrangement.

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

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Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Source: In My...

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Benjamin Disraeli: Patience is a...

Benjamin Disraeli: Patience is a...

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Source: Contarini Fleming.
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Henry St John Bolingbroke: The greatest art...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: The greatest art...

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.

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Anna Julia Cooper: One needs occasionally...

Anna Julia Cooper: One needs occasionally...

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of...

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Henry David Thoreau: Not that the...

Henry David Thoreau: Not that the...

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

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Clara Barton: An institution or...

Clara Barton: An institution or...

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding...

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Peter Mere Latham: Common sense is...

Peter Mere Latham: Common sense is...

Common sense is in medicine the master workman.

Source: General Remarks on the...

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Benjamin Spock: Trust yourself: You...

Benjamin Spock: Trust yourself: You...

Trust yourself: You know more than you think you do.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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Claude Bernard: Art is I;...

Claude Bernard: Art is I;...

Art is I; science is we.

Source: In Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature...

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