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Euripides: The wavering mind...

Euripides: The wavering mind...

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Edward Albee: A play is...

Edward Albee: A play is...

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

Source: In NY Times, 18...

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Mary Kay Ash: When you come...

Mary Kay Ash: When you come...

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Stephen R Covey: While we are...

Stephen R Covey: While we are...

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our...

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Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Source: In Words...

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Harvey S Firestone: Thought, not money,...

Harvey S Firestone: Thought, not money,...

Thought, not money, is the real business capital...

Source: In The Ultimate...

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David Sarnoff: Competition brings out...

David Sarnoff: Competition brings out...

Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.

Source: In...

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Rudolf Bing: I am perfectly...

Rudolf Bing: I am perfectly...

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.

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Christopher Marlowe: Nature that fram'd...

Christopher Marlowe: Nature that fram'd...

Nature that fram'd us of four elements,
Warring within our breasts for regiment,
Doth teach us all to have...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

Source: In Correct...

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William Shakespeare: If music be...

William Shakespeare: If music be...

If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so...

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William Shakespeare: When valour preys...

William Shakespeare: When valour preys...

When valour preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.


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James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

As soon as you can say what you think, and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on your way to...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Source: Their Eyes were...

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Brendan Behan: The English and...

Brendan Behan: The English and...

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers -...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in...

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Martial: To the ashes...

Martial: To the ashes...

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

Source: Epigrams, I, 25, A.D. 86;...

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Thomas Tusser: At Christmas play...

Thomas Tusser: At Christmas play...

At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.


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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling...

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Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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